Myanmar’s junta claims Aung San Suu Kyi is in “good health” amid son’s concern

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Myanmar’s military junta issued a statement today asserting that detained former State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is in “good health.”

The statement was released shortly after her son, Kim Aris (also known as Htein Lin), expressed deep concern over his mother’s well-being. Kim Aris told Reuters that he has been out of contact with his 80-year-old mother for years and has only received sporadic, second-hand information that she is suffering from heart, bone, and gum problems since the 2021 military coup.

Kim Aris stated he was worried that he might not even know if his mother passed away due to the information vacuum surrounding her detention.

The junta dismissed his remarks, claiming they were a “deliberate and timely attack intended to disrupt the upcoming elections.”

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been held incommunicado by the junta since the February 2021 coup. Following her arrest, she was sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison on 19 charges, a sentence that was later reduced to 27 years.