<p class="title rtejustify">Embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed Monday to increase transparency over her government's handling of the Rohingya crisis while pitching for foreign investment in Myanmar ahead of a regional summit in Tokyo.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Suu Kyi, once garlanded as a global rights champion, has seen a sharp fall from grace due to her failure to speak up following a brutal military crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"I'm ready to acknowledge that we have challenges to face particularly with regard to the Rakhine and with the struggles we have on the peace front," Suu Kyi said in a speech before Japanese businessmen, referring to Myanmar's westernmost state where the minority dwelled.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We are not hiding this fact from our friends," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In the speech ahead of the summit in Tokyo, Suu Kyi said she was aware that peace and stability in her country were necessary for attracting foreign investment.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We understand that peace, reconciliation, harmony, stability, rule of law, human rights -- all these have to be taken into consideration when we are looking for more investment, for greater economic opportunities," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We wish to be very open and transparent to our friends," she said. "If you have concerns, if you have worries, please discuss this openly with us."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A brutal military campaign that started last year drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh, where they now live in cramped refugee camps -- fearful of returning despite a repatriation deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Suu Kyi's supporters say her hands are tied by a still powerful military, which controls a quarter of parliament's seats and three ministries.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">On Tuesday she is to hold a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who chairs the regional summit drawing Southeast Asian leaders.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">Embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed Monday to increase transparency over her government's handling of the Rohingya crisis while pitching for foreign investment in Myanmar ahead of a regional summit in Tokyo.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Suu Kyi, once garlanded as a global rights champion, has seen a sharp fall from grace due to her failure to speak up following a brutal military crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"I'm ready to acknowledge that we have challenges to face particularly with regard to the Rakhine and with the struggles we have on the peace front," Suu Kyi said in a speech before Japanese businessmen, referring to Myanmar's westernmost state where the minority dwelled.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We are not hiding this fact from our friends," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In the speech ahead of the summit in Tokyo, Suu Kyi said she was aware that peace and stability in her country were necessary for attracting foreign investment.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We understand that peace, reconciliation, harmony, stability, rule of law, human rights -- all these have to be taken into consideration when we are looking for more investment, for greater economic opportunities," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We wish to be very open and transparent to our friends," she said. "If you have concerns, if you have worries, please discuss this openly with us."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A brutal military campaign that started last year drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh, where they now live in cramped refugee camps -- fearful of returning despite a repatriation deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Suu Kyi's supporters say her hands are tied by a still powerful military, which controls a quarter of parliament's seats and three ministries.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">On Tuesday she is to hold a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who chairs the regional summit drawing Southeast Asian leaders.</p>