Nobelpristageren har gode tanker om hæren, selv om den holdt det fattige asiatiske land i et jerngreb i næsten 50 år og satte hende i husarrest i samfulde 15 år – hendes religion hjalp hende, siger hun.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said that her Buddhist faith had helped her defy Burma’s dictatorship, and later face them when taking a seat in parliament, BBC online writes Saturday.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s father, Aung San, is considered the father of modern Burma, and founded its army.
Suu Kyi is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, who was murdered in 1947.
During the programme, which was recorded at her Burmese home in December, Ms Suu Kyi admitted: “It is genuine, I am fond of the army.
“People do not like me for saying that. There are many who have criticised me for being what they call a poster girl for the army – very flattering to be seen as a poster girl for anything at this time of life – but I think the truth is I am very fond of the army, because I always thought of it as my father’s army.”
She explained that while the army had done “terrible” things in Burma, she hoped it would redeem (rense /forbedre) itself.
Ms Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest before Burma’s 1990 election.
She had returned to the country from the UK to nurse her mother, and was held after giving a speech to crowds of half a million during protests and political unrest.
Political prisoner Ms Suu Kyi, 67, was not released until shortly after the November 2010 polls that formally ended military rule.
Her party has now rejoined the political process and secured a small presence in parliament after winning by-elections in April 2012.
