The kin of Aung San Suu Kyi express distress over her unexpected radio absence.
Following the successful execution of a coup three years ago, the previous de-facto government leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was apprehended. Despite a later sentencing reduction, her family claims that they've barely communicated with the 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner since her imprisonment, due to her reported health issues.
The family of overthrown Myanmar's prime minister, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been out of touch with the Nobel laureate since her arrest three years back. As Kim Aris, her son, stated in "La Repubblica", they've only received a solitary letter from her in the past three and a half years, back in January of the previous year. Since then, neither he nor his brother has received any news from her, not even after Suu Kyi's transfer from Naypyidaw's prison in April.
Post the coup on February 1, 2021, the military orchestrated the ousting of the democratically elected de-facto prime minister, Suu Kyi, and incarcerated her. Subsequently, a court under the junta's command sentenced her to a combined 33 years in prison on multiple allegations. In 2023, the military junta slightly reduced Suu Kyi's sentence by six years. In April, she was shifted from the capital's prison in Naypyidaw to another location, but the family has remained uninformed about her current whereabouts since.
According to Aris, Suu Kyi's sons, their mother has been ailing and experiencing intense toothaches, hindering her consumption of food. Consequently, they dispatched a package of medication. Aris added that they miraculously received a signed message from her in January, which expressed gratitude for the medication but also detailed her persistent ill health. Since then, they haven't received any acknowledgment of another medication package they sent.
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Despite her reduced sentence in 2023, Aung San Suu Kyi's family has continued to struggle with limited communication, as they have not heard from her since the reception of her signed letter expressing gratitude for medication sent in January. As the Nobel Peace Prize laureate remains imprisoned in Myanmar, international efforts to secure her release and improve her living conditions continue.
