Kim Aris calls for pressure on Naypyidaw to provide urgent medical care to Aung San Suu Kyi

Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar’s jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, told DVB that his mother’s heart condition is deteriorating in prison, where she’s been held incommunicado since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021. 

“Her heart condition is likely to be getting worse. She requested a cardiologist be allowed to see her from outside of the prison, but I don’t know if that has been granted,” Aris told DVB in an interview on Sept. 16.  

He added that nobody outside of the regime in Naypyidaw, and its prison authorities, have been in contact with Aung San Suu Kyi. Aris has made repeated requests to Naypyidaw to speak to his 80-year-old mother – all of which have gone unanswered.

“Nothing effective has been done to pressure the military into allowing medical access or improving her situation,” Aris said after issuing an urgent statement on Sept. 4 regarding Aung San Suu Kyi’s heart condition which has likely deteriorated after nearly five years in solitary confinement.