OTTAWA—Parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Burma’s Rohingya people. The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to strip Suu Kyi, Burma’s civilian leader, of the symbolic honour bestowed on her in 2007. Parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya people. Since honorary citizenship was granted by a resolution passed by both houses of Parliament, the Senate and the Commons both had to pass motions to rescind the honour. Suu Kyi is the first person to have her honorary Canadian citizenship revoked.

Source: thestar October 02, 2018 22:52 UTC