:00:08. > :00:12.For the last five months, we've been receiving graphic video
:00:13. > :00:23.from a part of Myanmar that is closed to the outside world.
:00:24. > :00:33.The Burmese government wants to keep what's happening secret.
:00:34. > :00:44.The United Nations gives us their devastating statement. This is a
:00:45. > :00:49.country emerging from decades of military rule but we meet those who
:00:50. > :00:56.have been left behind in the 21st century Muslim ghetto. What would
:00:57. > :01:04.happen if you went out that gate? And we asked whether Myanmar's
:01:05. > :01:23.democracy icon has sacrificed her principles.
:01:24. > :01:34.November 2016, thousands of Rohingya minority are fleeing. They have been
:01:35. > :01:40.called the world 's most wanted people. In Myanmar they are denied
:01:41. > :01:48.citizenship and the most basic human rights. They are escaping a
:01:49. > :01:52.conflict. This group killed nine officers and seize guns and
:01:53. > :02:00.ammunition. These distressing images so a glimpse of the states response.
:02:01. > :02:07.They called it clearance operation. Civilians as well as militants have
:02:08. > :02:12.been targeted. Unable to reach the conflict area in Myanmar, we are
:02:13. > :02:16.across the border in Bangladesh were 70,000 Rohingya have fled over the
:02:17. > :02:32.past five months. Mohamed arrived here three months
:02:33. > :02:36.ago and he agrees to take us back to the banks were so Rohingya many have
:02:37. > :02:59.crossed into Bangladesh. When the gunfire started, he wanted
:03:00. > :03:16.to help is 75 year-old father escape. -- his. His village was soon
:03:17. > :03:21.on fire. All our smart phones footage has been given to us by a
:03:22. > :03:26.group who has been meticulously documenting events and verifying
:03:27. > :03:32.video. The government except at least 25 people died here but claim
:03:33. > :03:36.Rohingya have been torching their homes across the area. Later Mohamed
:03:37. > :03:55.returned to look for his father. He tells us he is father's body is
:03:56. > :04:24.among the charred remains. -- he believes.
:04:25. > :04:32.A year ago Durmisi history had seemed set on a different path.
:04:33. > :04:38.Released from house arrest, National Haram and democracy icon had secured
:04:39. > :04:44.election victory. Overnight, decades of brutal rule came to a remarkably
:04:45. > :04:52.peaceful end. The world 's hopes were high both four Aung San Suu Kyi
:04:53. > :04:59.and fork Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi now spends most of her time in the
:05:00. > :05:03.capital but when I first moved here three years ago, I went to see her a
:05:04. > :05:08.number of times in her house, a place made famous because that is
:05:09. > :05:13.where she spent so many years under house arrest. It was from above
:05:14. > :05:19.these gates of that Aung San Suu Kyi would speak out against the military
:05:20. > :05:25.leaders, in speeches about human rights. Around the world, Aung San
:05:26. > :05:32.Suu Kyi became famous for her principled resistance against the
:05:33. > :05:36.general. I was a prisoner but I felt I was free because I was fighting.
:05:37. > :05:45.The only real freedom is freedom from fear. But her hard-won freedom
:05:46. > :05:48.and power have her limits. Despite her election win, the generals have
:05:49. > :05:56.refused to hand over control of security forces and other
:05:57. > :06:03.ministries. On the flight of the Rohingya Aung San Suu Kyi has been
:06:04. > :06:09.noticeably silent. In Bangladesh, in this camp, this woman is fearing for
:06:10. > :06:15.her daughter 's life. Two months ago Burmese soldiers came to a village
:06:16. > :06:35.and started rounding up Rohingya children.
:06:36. > :06:53.Do you know where your daughter is now?
:06:54. > :06:59.Since October, the UN and human rights groups have reported hundreds
:07:00. > :07:06.of cases of murder, rape and abduction. Under international
:07:07. > :07:11.pressure to do something, Aung San Suu Kyi set up an investigation
:07:12. > :07:17.team. There are Rohingya no in it and it is led by the Vice President
:07:18. > :07:21.and a former general. Its work is being criticised by the United
:07:22. > :07:28.Nations. Investigators are interviewing Rohingya a woman who is
:07:29. > :07:33.telling them how she saw a woman forced into the bushes by soldiers.
:07:34. > :08:01.It was broadcast on state TV as proof no rape was taking place.
:08:02. > :08:09.Months later we tracked her down, now in a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
:08:10. > :08:13.She told us she had spoken freely to the government investigation after
:08:14. > :08:28.being promised that she would face no reprisal.
:08:29. > :08:33.She told us she had yet to recover from what the soldiers did to her
:08:34. > :09:26.back in Myanmar. But what of the countries the
:09:27. > :09:37.leader? What you think of unsung Suu Chi now? -- Aung San Suu Kyi. The
:09:38. > :09:44.Burmese authorities have refused the outside world inside the effect that
:09:45. > :09:54.part of Myanmar but they cannot stop the refugees talking. A UN person
:09:55. > :10:01.told me she was shot. Definite crimes against humanity. Committed
:10:02. > :10:09.by the Bernie 's army against Rohingya the? Border guards, police,
:10:10. > :10:16.security forces. Crimes against humanity, obviously very serious.
:10:17. > :10:22.How much responsibility should Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,
:10:23. > :10:25.bet for this? At the end of the day it is the civilian government that
:10:26. > :10:35.has the answer and respond to these massive cases of horrific torture
:10:36. > :10:46.and very inhumane crimes they have committed against their own people.
:10:47. > :10:55.These crimes took place in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Closes we can get is
:10:56. > :11:02.at the town of Sittwe. It is to be a mixed town with wood is and Rohingya
:11:03. > :11:08.Muslims living side by side now the once busy Central Mosque lays
:11:09. > :11:16.abandoned. It has been that way since 2012 when Rakhine state saw
:11:17. > :11:23.weeks of violence between the Muslims and Buddhists. The
:11:24. > :11:29.government stood by as Rohingya were forced from their homes and out of
:11:30. > :11:33.Sittwe. On the street and the shops it is hard to find anyone with much
:11:34. > :11:39.sympathy for their Rohingya departed neighbours. Many see them as illegal
:11:40. > :12:01.immigrants who belonged in angle at Esh. -- in Bangladesh.
:12:02. > :12:07.Do you see a day when the Rohingya will come back here and the Buddhist
:12:08. > :12:15.and the Rohingya will live side-by-side? -- Buddhists? What is
:12:16. > :12:33.the solution to the problems here? There is one small community of
:12:34. > :12:38.Rohingya who refuse to leave. Checkpoints mark the entrance to
:12:39. > :12:44.this town, a Muslim ghetto. This is Myanmar's version of apartheid,
:12:45. > :12:50.almost 4000 Rohingya Livia. It is an island surrounded on all sides by
:12:51. > :12:57.Buddhist homes. Defence and the police keep the two communities
:12:58. > :12:59.apart. -- the fence. We are met by a Rohingya community leader. Moments
:13:00. > :13:18.later, we had company. Police? Are you from the police? Do
:13:19. > :13:19.you mind leaving us alone? Are the secret police always inside the
:13:20. > :13:36.camp? Really? What would happen if you
:13:37. > :13:45.went out that date? -- date? Beaten by who? Every other day, their's a
:13:46. > :13:49.list given to the police, and then those people on the list are allowed
:13:50. > :13:54.to leave. There is an escort organised by the police to protect
:13:55. > :14:00.the Rohingya when they go out, so they don't get attacked -- there's.
:14:01. > :14:09.We go to meet for prayers. There have been Muslims living in this
:14:10. > :14:27.state for centuries. This mosque dates back almost 140 years.
:14:28. > :14:45.When slipway burnt in 2012, the leader was among the Rohingya who
:14:46. > :14:52.stood their ground and refused to leave -- Sittwe. Were you expecting
:14:53. > :14:53.Aung San Suu Kyi to be more sympathetic to the plight of the
:14:54. > :15:35.Rohingya? Aung San Suu Kyi has never visited a
:15:36. > :15:39.Rohingya camp, but she has tried to reach out to Myanmar's other ethnic
:15:40. > :15:47.minorities. We followed her to the east of the country, we had claimed
:15:48. > :16:02.touched down at the airport. Somewhere down there is Aung San Suu
:16:03. > :16:07.Kyi. -- where the plane. She has not yet given a proper press conference.
:16:08. > :16:14.Not since winning the election 16 months ago. 16, 17, 18... Still
:16:15. > :16:23.coming. All of those cars belong to Aung San Suu Kyi's procession. Very
:16:24. > :16:28.much at arms length. For the last year or so, journalists have not
:16:29. > :16:32.really heard from her. Very difficult to get to her, speak to
:16:33. > :16:38.her or ask her about what has been going on. She is not someone who
:16:39. > :16:44.seems to enjoy being questioned. In a cafe in this town, I meet someone
:16:45. > :16:49.who is also trying to get a word with Aung San Suu Kyi. She has to do
:16:50. > :16:56.something to stop the violence in the fighting. She didn't say
:16:57. > :17:01.anything. This woman has spent her entire life documenting abuses
:17:02. > :17:07.against women from her ethnic group, the Sham. She tells me that reports
:17:08. > :17:11.of Burmese atrocities against the Rohingya are chillingly familiar.
:17:12. > :17:16.They told the troops, you can do whatever you like. They can kill
:17:17. > :17:24.anybody, they can rate anybody, they can burn things. It is a political
:17:25. > :17:31.rape. You rape the woman, it means that you rape the whole ethnicity --
:17:32. > :17:36.rape. Of course, this is not news to Aung San Suu Kyi. We watched a
:17:37. > :17:42.speech shortly after she left house arrest. Rape is used in my country
:17:43. > :17:49.as a weapon by armed forces to intimidate the ethnic nationalities
:17:50. > :17:51.and to divide our country. So, we must do everything we can to protect
:17:52. > :18:10.them from this. Just up the road, crowds are
:18:11. > :18:18.gathering for each and to see Aung San Suu Kyi. It's's union Day, a big
:18:19. > :18:25.event in the national calendar. The government recognises more than 100
:18:26. > :18:33.different ethnic groups. But Burmese history has been dominated by the
:18:34. > :18:38.largest, the Burmans, who make up two thirds of the population. It has
:18:39. > :18:43.left minorities fighting rebel wants to try and get their voices heard.
:18:44. > :18:49.The 1 million Rohingya in Myanmar are not recognised as an ethnic
:18:50. > :18:59.group, so they have not been invited. Waiting among the crowd is
:19:00. > :19:12.our same woman. She hopes this will be a chance to speak to Aung San Suu
:19:13. > :19:23.Kyi. Rake the silence! It is unclear whether Aung San Suu Kyi hears. --
:19:24. > :19:37.break. She loves the institutions. The army? Yes. Now it is a fear of
:19:38. > :19:41.freedom. Aung San Suu Kyi sit silently with the generals. She
:19:42. > :19:47.knows she needs their support if she is to deliver her biggest policy
:19:48. > :19:52.goal. A nationwide peace agreement. Aung San Suu Kyi tells the crowd
:19:53. > :19:58.what they already know, the country is suffering from disunity and
:19:59. > :20:16.conflict. Then, the Nobel peace Prize winner makes her plea to the
:20:17. > :20:21.nation. -- Peace. For all the talk, Aung San Suu Kyi's peace plan is not
:20:22. > :20:26.going very well. Ethnic groups think she is too close to the army, and
:20:27. > :20:33.the last year has seen an increase in fighting. Since coming to power,
:20:34. > :20:42.all our requests to speak to her have been rejected. There was time
:20:43. > :20:50.for one last desperate trying. -- try. Aung San Suu Kyi, BBC, just a
:20:51. > :20:54.question please. You have been accused of committing crimes against
:20:55. > :21:10.humanity, do you have any response to that? Miss Suu Kyi? She goes off
:21:11. > :21:15.in the bubble, with her advisers. She does not like people putting
:21:16. > :21:30.questions to her. I'm willing to talk, we instead met up with one of
:21:31. > :21:40.the oldest allies. -- her. We asked why a Miss Suu Kyi is not speaking
:21:41. > :21:46.out -- why Miss Suu Kyi. You think the criticism that has levelled
:21:47. > :21:49.against Aung San Suu Kyi, particularly regarding the Rohingya,
:21:50. > :21:51.you think that is unfair? She couldn't do anything if she wanted
:21:52. > :22:16.to to stop the abuses? It is a serious problem. The UN has
:22:17. > :22:23.that may be crimes against humanity are taking place -- the UN has said
:22:24. > :22:29.that crimes against humanity may be taking place. Against the Rohingya,
:22:30. > :22:31.for example? Hundreds of them have been killed, that is why we are
:22:32. > :22:45.discussing the issue. For most Burmese, life in the last
:22:46. > :22:52.few years has certainly changed for the better. But the Rohingya and all
:22:53. > :23:00.those who are still being abused by the Burmese army are still waiting,
:23:01. > :23:06.and hope is fading. So far, the price of power for Aung San Suu Kyi
:23:07. > :23:18.has been silence. On principles and values that she wants held so --
:23:19. > :23:34.once held so dear. I think Saturday is looking
:23:35. > :23:38.like being the better day, the dry day of the two for most
:23:39. > :23:42.places, as we will have a weather front bringing wet weather
:23:43. > :23:45.to initially Northern