Friday, June 1, 2012


Aung San Suu Kyi Calls on Investors to Focus on How to Help Myanmar
  • Aung San Suu Kyi addresses participants at the World Economic Forum on East Asia
  • The Nobel laureate stresses the need for basic education and the rule of law in Myanmar
  • There is reason for optimism in Myanmar but this should be balanced by “healthy scepticism”, she says
Bangkok, Thailand, 1 June 2012 — In a session with participants at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and Member of Parliament of Kawhmu Constituent in Myanmar, challenged investors to be socially responsible and to ensure that their investments help her country to eradicate corruption and inequality. "We do not want investment to mean more possibilities for corruption," the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate said. "We do not want investment to mean greater inequality. And we do not want investment to mean greater privileges for those already privileged."

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