It was the biggest single flight of refugees in modern times. Aung San Suu Kyi’s staunchest supporters in the West were dismayed that she had not demanded an end to the violence. In a public letter sent on September 7, Archibishop Desmond Tutu, calling her “my dearly beloved sister,” wrote, “It is incongruous for a symbol of righteousness to lead such a country. If the political price of your ascension to the highest office in Myanmar is your silence, the price is surely too steep.”27 On September 19, Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence and, in a televised address to diplomats in Naypyitaw,
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