Her son Kim was allowed to visit her for the first time in a decade. As the new government embarked on a process of reform, Ms Suu Kyi and her party re-joined the political process. They won 43 of the 45 seats contested in April by-elections, in an emphatic statement of support. Ms Suu Kyi was sworn in as an MP and leader of the opposition. The following May, she left Myanmar for the first time in 24 years, in a sign of apparent confidence that its new leaders would allow her to return.
Since becoming Myanmar's state counsellor, her leadership has been partly defined by the treatment of the country's mostly Muslim Rohingya minority. In hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh due to an army crackdown sparked by deadly attacks on police stations in Rakhine state.
Myanmar now faces a lawsuit accusing it of genocide at the International Court of Justice ICJ , while the International Criminal Court is investigating the country for crimes against humanity. Ms Suu Kyi's former international supporters accused her of doing nothing to stop rape, murder and possible genocide by refusing to condemn the still powerful military or acknowledge accounts of atrocities.
A few initially argued that she was a pragmatic politician, trying to govern a multi-ethnic country with a complex history. But her personal defence of the army's actions at the ICJ hearing in the Hague was seen as a new turning point for her international reputation. At home, however, "the Lady", as Ms Suu Kyi is known, remains wildly popular among the Buddhist majority who hold little sympathy for the Rohingya.
During her time in power Ms Suu Kyi and the NLD government also faced criticism for prosecuting journalists and activists using colonial-era laws. While there was progress in some areas, the military continued to hold a quarter of parliamentary seats and controlled key ministries including defence, home affairs and border affairs.
In August , Ms Suu Kyi described the generals in her cabinet as "rather sweet" and Myanmar's democratic transition, analysts said, appeared to have stalled. The military coup came as the country was facing one of South East Asia's worst Covid outbreaks, putting new strains on an already impoverished healthcare system as lockdown measures devastate livelihoods.
Yet Ms Suu Kyi remains popular. She may not have changed. She may have been consistent and we just didn't know the full complexity of who she is.
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