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Suu Kyi is a leader who in fact emerged victorious from the 1990
elections. Despite obtaining an 80 per cent majority in Parliament, the
junta refused to recognize the election results and sentenced Suu Kyi
to house imprisonment.

She spent 15 years imprisoned, until 2010. Although the junta has
now in theory come to an end, there are still worries that Suu Kyi's
success will again be met by a coup. Although Thein Sein, who took
over from the junta regime in 2010, says, "We must accept our voters'
desire", many analysts still think that the military will hold Sein's
moderate views responsible for this unexpected outcome and will
make their displeasure felt. 1

But what do these results
mean for the Rohingyas?

Let us go back to before the
elections. Following the clashes
that broke out in 2012, and en-

ded in the deaths of hundreds
of Rohingyas in the country,
many Rohingya Muslims were
forced from their homes and
workplaces and taken into
refugee camps.
The Myanmar
government pre-
vented them
from moving

The NLD leader,
Aung San Suu Kyi