This video grab shows Kim Aris displaying an old family photo of his mother, Myanmar's ousted and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Aris, Suu Kyi's younger son, expressed concern about the health of his mother, who was arrested when her government was toppled by the army in February 2021, remains in detention, apparently in a prison in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw.
Suu Kyi was arrested in 2021 when the army seized power from her democratically elected government and has since been tried and convicted on more than a dozen charges for offenses her supporters say were concocted to keep her out of politics. She now is serving a total prison term of 27 years. I’ve always tried to avoid speaking to the media and avoiding social media all my life. But the situation in Burma at the moment is absolutely desperate,” he said, referring to Myanmar by its former name. “The fact that I’ve not been allowed to communicate with my mother at all for over two and a half years now” is another reason he is speaking out, he said.
Aris said his information comes from independent Myanmar media and social media. Britain’s Foreign Office and the International Red Cross have tried and failed to learn more on his behalf, he said. He has tried reaching out to Myanmar’s military government, including its embassy in London, “but I don’t get any response from them. They wouldn’t even answer the door to me.”
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