San Suu said: "It's genuine, I'm fond of the army. People don't 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."Speaking on the Radio 4 show, recorded in December at her home in Burma, she said the army had done "terrible" things in the country, but she hoped it would redeem itself.
The programme also provided a Desert Island Discs first when she picked a record - Green, Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones - despite never having heard it after it was recommended by her personal assistant.Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs she is fond of Burma's army, despite it putting her under house arrest for 15 years.And in a first for the programme, Ms Suu Kyi picked a record - Green, Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones - that she had never heard before, because her personal assistant had recommended it.
She said: "I asked her which piece of music she'd like to choose and she said the Green, Green Grass Of Home,The Nobel Peace Prize winner, whose father Aung San is considered the father of modern-day Burma and founded its army, told Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young that her Buddhist faith helped her defy the dictatorship that ran the country and later face them when she took her seat in parliament.The programme also provided a Desert Island Discs first when she picked a record - Green, Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones - despite never having heard it after it was recommended by her personal assistant.Suu Kyi picked a record - Green, Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones - that she had never heard before, because her personal assistant had recommended it.
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