Suu Kyi’s First Trip Abroad in Years Sees Huge Support From Burmese Refugees in Thailand in Exile

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Myanmar refugees in Thailand cheer Suu Kyi

AFP – Aung San Suu Kyi was given a rapturous welcome Saturday by thousands of Myanmar refugees forced by fighting and rights abuses in their homeland to live in a Thai border camp. Amid chaotic scenes, Suu Kyi stood on a plastic chair and without the aid of a microphone shouted her greetings to the jubilant crowd.

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