MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday criticized West nations for the political crisis in Myanmar, accusing the “white faces” of undermining Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese leader whom the military detained anew following its coup this week.
Appearing on Thursday before the Senate committee on foreign relations, Locsin took the occasion to “pour scorn on the Western world for destroying Aung San Suu Kyi, making her a victim of the military.”
“Every step she made for the freedom of Burma (Myanmar), they erased all that so they could feel well tearing her down,” he said.
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