Jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi ‘healthy,’ states Myanmar regime

The regime’s National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) announced on Tuesday that jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is in “good health,” dismissing concerns raised by her son Kim Aris and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party over her health as “deliberately fabricated and spread in a timely manner to disrupt” the regime’s 2025–26 elections.

“For all I know, she could be dead already,” Aris told Reuters during an interview in Tokyo, Japan. He added that his 80-year-old mother has heart, bone and gum issues. 

Aris launched the All in One Piece Movement from Tokyo, which was staged in 26 other locations around the world, on Dec. 13. The movement calls for renewed international action to restore freedom, justice and peace in Myanmar, as well as the release of over 22,000 political prisoners in Myanmar jailed since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021.

Aung San Suu Kyi is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence. She and President Win Myint have been held incommunicado by the regime in detention since it ousted the NLD government on Feb. 1, 2021.