Myanmar’s Suu Kyi eulogizes slain legal adviser
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday broke a month-long silence to describe the assassination of one of her top legal advisers as a great loss for the country.
She spoke at a memorial ceremony for lawyer Ko Ni and Nay Win, a taxi driver who was killed as he chased the gunman in the Jan. 29 incident.
Suu Kyi had been criticized for not making a public statement on the loss of Ko Ni, who was a key adviser to her National League for Democracy party as it seeks to wrest from the army its residual power in government.
“Losing Ko Ni is a big loss for the country and for our party, with which he stood together for many years, and it was an honour to have him in our party,” Suu Kyi said in a speech.