Suu Kyi comforts people in a mine village who got angry with gov’t over violent handling of protesters

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaks during a meeting with villagers at a school during a visit to an area near the Letpadaung copper mine, in Monywa township, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Opponents of the nearly $1 billion copper mine in northwestern Myanmar expressed outrage Tuesday over a government-ordered report that said the project should continue and that refrained from demanding punishment for police involved in a violent crackdown on protesters. Suu Kyi chaired the investigation commission that produced the report, which was released Monday night.

Protesting villagers march and shout slogans as they stage a rally against a recent report on Letpataung copper mine project by investigation commission, in Monywa township, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. <AP Photo/Khin Maung Win>