Aung San Suu Kyi’s Defensive Denial of the Rohingya Massacre: A Rhetorical Analysis of Denial and Positive-Image Construction

• Main Authors: Putra, Idhamsyah Eka, Selvanathan, Hema Preya, Mashuri, Ali, Montiel, Cristina Jayme
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: denial; ingroup wrongdoing; genocide; mass violence; competitive victimhood; ingroup image; moral disengagement; Community Psychology; Ethics and Political Philosophy; Multicultural Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts; Politics and Social Change
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/325; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1321&context=psychology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In December 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accused the Myanmar government of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. Represented by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar authorities denied such accusations. To understand how a political leader can deny ingroup wrongdoings, we...