"I have condemned Rohingya persecution but perhaps I don't use the kind of kind of pyrochnic language that people would like."

"treat the business tycoons deeply linked to the military as 'fellow citizens' and build the country together."

"I am a pragmatic politician."

"I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable."

"I hope that one day my country will be a country where human rights are respected by all."