Suu Kyi demands 'urgent' legal reform

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Suu Kyi demands 'urgent' legal reform

Published: 1 Jun 2012 at 10.48
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Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday urged Myanmar's government to carry out urgent judicial reform to cement recent political progress and foster clean investment in the country.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during the 21st World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi urged Myanmar's government to carry out urgent judicial reform to cement recent political progress and foster clean investment in the country.

Addressing world business leaders in Bangkok in her first international engagement after more than two decades of isolation, Suu Kyi said Myanmar needed the "rule of law" more than legal safeguards for foreign investors.

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bkposter
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Discussion 2 : 01 Jun 2012 at 11.422
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She could be addressing Thailand or Burma...same same
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Discussion 1 : 01 Jun 2012 at 11.091
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"Good laws already exist in Burma but we do not have a clean and independent judicial system. Unless we have such a system it is no use having the best laws in the world."

Yup, she could as well have been speaking about Thailand.

But some good laws (applied or not) do not outweigh the bad laws either.
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