Rina left Myanmar shortly after the 2021 coup as military violence escalated against pro-democracy protesters like herself and the economy of her country, once a Southeast Asian frontier that had flickered with promise, ground to a virtual halt. But her thoughts on who is to blame for the destruction of her country remain unchanged: Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief who became civilian president this year after elections in the parts of the country the military controls. Myanmar’s ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing (left) and Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul make a toast during an official dinner in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/Royal Thai government/Handout“Min Aung Hlaing is the reason we are living here outside our country. The day he is gone – and the military is defeated – we will go back and we will build our country again,” she told This Week in Asia, giving her nickname to avoid any recriminations.