A sad descent into blighted introspection,, page-10

"I once worshiped Aung as a living saint, for her devotion and sufferings.
So, what the bloody hell happened?"

Hi GZ.
All the "leaders" in the oppressed countries always represent one section or another of the rich and powerful. None of them are ever "democratic" or represent the interests of the working class and poor peasants. Aung represented those Burmese elites that wanted closer relations with the west. The military were closer to chinese business interests. Therefore, there was a certain conflict between them.

But when it comes to defending the interests of the Burmese capitalist elite as a whole there is no conflict at all between Aung and the military.

"When the NLD won the 2016 election and Suu Kyi was installed as de facto head of government, it was hailed as the flowering of democracy. Barely noted was the fact that the military remained in charge of the key security ministries and, through a bloc of unelected parliamentary seats, retained a veto over any change to the constitution it had drawn up."

"This sham has now been exposed by the military’s atrocities against the Rohingya in Burma’s western state of Rakhine."

"The vilification of Muslim Rohingya in predominantly Buddhist Burma has deep historic roots in the policies of divide-and-rule fostered by British colonial rule over India which included Burma until 1937."

"The military junta that seized power in 1962 whipped up anti-Muslim and anti-Rohingya chauvinism to divide working people and buttress its hold on power. In 1982, it stripped the Rohingya of citizenship rights by not including them as one of the country’s recognised ethnic minorities. Suu Kyi and the NLD are no less deeply imbued with such xenophobia and are opposed to the granting of basic democratic rights to the Rohingya."

"With Suu Kyi and her government acting as its facilitators and defenders, the army is carrying out a purge of Muslim Rohingyas on a scale that a decade ago would have produced an international howl of condemnation and demands for tougher sanctions, if not military intervention."
Full article here - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/28/pers-n28.html