Aung San Suu Kyi: 'There is no rule of law'

Myanmar's opposition leader explains her vision for the country and why she seeks to become its next president.



Myanmar is a country in transition. After years of unforgiving military rule its borders are beginning to open to outside scrutiny.

The march to freedom is being led by Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace laureate and chairperson of the opposition National League for Democracy.

She had returned to Burma in 1988 after years of living abroad, only to encounter a violent military dictatorship. She became the loudest voice calling for democracy and human rights.

It did not take the military junta long to recognise the threat she posed to them, and in 1989, the military government, which had renamed the country Myanmar, placed her under house arrest.

Aung San Suu Kyi spent the next 15 years in custody.

In 1991, her determination to win democracy was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. But today, as she makes the transition from activist to full-time politician pursuing her goal of being president, Aung San Suu Kyi faces many challenges, including the fate of the Rohingya people.