Suu Kyi to address nation on Rakhine crisis next week

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a car listens to daily wage workers during her visit to Yangon's Kawhmu Township where she won a seat in Parliament. A parliamentary committee has voted against changing a clause in Myanmar's Constitution that bars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president, in a setback to her hopes of leading the Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address the nation for the first time over a near three-week crisis in Rakhine state which has left scores dead and sent some 380,000 Rohingya muslims fleeing to Bangladesh.

“She is going to speak for national reconciliation and peace,” in a televised address on September 19, government spokesman Zaw Htay told reporters.