A plaque in Aberdeen honouring Aung San Suu Kyi, the
leader of Myanmar, is to be removed.
The plaque was erected in Hazlehead Park alongside a
jasmine plant at the request of Amnesty International 10 years ago.
The council motion to remove it came amid accusations she
has ignored violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Councillors have now agreed to remove it.
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The cost of replacing it with a new plaque dedicated to
all the people of Myanmar will now be assessed.
The motion was from Lord Provost Barney Crockett.
He said: "I think it's really appropriate we replace
it with something calling for human rights."
The 73-year-old leader of Myanmar - formerly Burma - was
awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1991 while under house arrest in Rangoon.
She was hailed as a beacon of democracy.
Stripped of honours
After elections in 2015 she became Myanmar State
Counsellor, the de facto head of the country's civilian administration.
Two years later violence erupted in Rakhine province
after Rohingya militants attacked police posts, killing 12 members of the
security forces.
In response, Myanmar's army has been accused of killing
Rohingya civilians and burning their villages, forcing hundreds of thousands to
flee to Bangladesh.
Ms Suu Kyi has faced international pressure to condemn
the army's alleged brutality towards the Rohingya, a Muslim minority which is
stateless in majority-Buddhist Myanmar.
Last month, she had her Freedom of Edinburgh
award revoked. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45280546
Other cities - including Glasgow, Newcastle and Oxford -
have also acted to strip her of similar honours.
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