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Aung San Suu Kyison challenged myanmar‘S junta The jailed former leader is in good health after the Army claimed he was in good health despite not being seen or heard from in more than two years, to provide evidence of his mother’s health.
myanmarThe military issued a rare response on Tuesday after Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris. expressed concern over his condition And said he didn’t know whether he was still alive or not.
“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health,” the military said in a statement carried by the junta. myanmar Digital News, using the respectable equivalent of Smt.
However, the military did not provide any evidence or details to prove its claims about Ms Suu Kyi’s health.
“The military claims he is in good health, yet they refuse to provide any independent evidence, no recent photographs, no medical verification, and no access by family, doctors or international observers. If he is really well, they can prove it,” Mr Aris told Reuters.
The military-run government issued the update after Mr Aris gave a speech in Japan calling for his mother’s release and held a protest rally criticizing planned elections that critics say are being rigged. Legitimizing the junta’s rule after seizing power From Ms. Suu Kyi’s elected government.
“For all I know, she may already be dead,” Mr. Aris said, referring to the prolonged communications blackouts under Ms. Suu Kyi’s military detention. He said no one has seen him in more than two years and he has not been allowed to contact his legal team.
The junta is preparing to hold its first elections since 2020, when the military overthrew Ms Suu’s government in a coup, sparking a nationwide civil war.
Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, is serving a 27-year sentence, reduced from a previous 33-year prison term, on charges including corruption, electoral fraud, treason, violating Covid-19 restrictions, illegal possession of communications equipment and official secrets offences.
The charges have been widely condemned as politically motivated and critics have dismissed them as a sham designed to keep him in custody.
Mr Aris has been sharply critical of the junta’s plans to hold elections later this month – polls have been widely dismissed by foreign governments as intended to strengthen military rule – though he has acknowledged the process could still offer a narrow opportunity to press for some relief over his mother’s treatment.
The junta accused his son of “falsification”, claiming his comments were aimed at disrupting the upcoming elections Conflict-torn country since 28 December.
“This is a fabricated story designed, timed and distributed solely to disrupt the free and fair multi-party democratic general elections to be held in Myanmar in the near future,” the statement said.
Mr Aris clarified on Wednesday that he had “no intention” of interfering in Burmese politics, but that “years of complete isolation, secrecy and silence would make any son fear the worst.”
“My anxiety is increasing because my mother has been hidden for so long that now I have to ask the most painful question: Is she still alive?”