Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘sounds strong’ but is isolated, son says
Summary
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, said she sounded physically strong and mentally alert during their first phone call in more than five years, but remained almost completely isolated. He said she was held at an undisclosed residence in Naypyidaw, had no access to news, and should be released from prison.Key Facts
- Aris spoke with his mother on Thursday at Myanmar’s embassy in London.
- Aris said he was unsure of her exact location and believed she was staying at a residence in Naypyidaw.
- Myanmar’s military removed Suu Kyi from power in a 2021 coup.
- Aris described the call and recent photographs of his mother as part of a public relations effort by military leaders.
- Myanmar officials released photographs of Suu Kyi during a Red Cross visit in August and while giving her gardening books last week.
- Suu Kyi has been detained on charges that Aris called politically motivated.
- Her party won the 2015 election, and she later served as state counsellor under a power-sharing arrangement with the military.
- Suu Kyi faced international criticism over the military’s mass killings and expulsions of Rohingya Muslims in 2016 and 2017.
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