Detained Myanmar leader Suu Kyi has first foreign visitor in five years

By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters

Published On 3 Aug 2026

3 Aug 2026

Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, overthrown and detained more than five years ago in a military coup that plunged the country into civil war, has been allowed to meet a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the first time since she was deposed, after years of questions about the health and wellbeing of the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, Myanmar resident representative of the ICRC, on Monday in the capital, Naypyitaw, a government spokesperson said.