IN DANGEROUS TERRITORY
National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi (C) greets supporters during her voter education campaign at Thandwe city in Rakhine State, Myanmar on October 16. While the National League for Democracy (NLD) party is expected to triumph at key elections this year, Suu Kyi’s pathway to the presidency is blocked by a controversial clause in Myanmar’s junta-era constitution. AFP PHOTO
National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi (C) greets supporters during her voter education campaign at Thandwe city in Rakhine State, Myanmar on October 16. While the National League for Democracy (NLD) party is expected to triumph at key elections this year, Suu Kyi’s pathway to the presidency is blocked by a controversial clause in Myanmar’s junta-era constitution. AFP PHOTO
THANDWE, Myanmar: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state Friday, her opposition party said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.