Aung San Suu Kyi Shows Feet of Clay

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during an event marking the 70th anniversary of Myanmar Union Day in Panglong town, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, February 2017. AUNG HTET / AFP/GETTY IMAGES

If there were statues to Aung San Suu Kyi outside of Burma, they would be surrounded by angry crowds seeking to pull them down.

Her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, which critics want revoked, now seems as meaningless as that awarded to President Barak Obama.