Rangoon: Hundreds of angry farmers heckled and walked out on Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese politician and Nobel laureate, during a visit on Thursday to villages in central Myanmar that might be displaced by a copper mine.

The hostile reception, a stark contrast to the adoring crowds that greeted her after her release from house arrest more than two years ago, underscores the rockiness of her transition from international symbol to elected official.

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with locals during her visit at a village near the Chinese-backed copper mine project, in Monywa northern Myanmar. Credit:AFP

Frustration with her has been building from groups in the country who say she often sides with the establishment, including the powerful military, that held her for most of two decades and brutalized the country for five.

"All we had to eat was boiled rice when we voted for you," said Daw Pu, a farmer who confronted Ms Suu Kyi on Thursday. "But you are not standing with us anymore."