The son of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pic) has raised urgent concerns about his mother’s health and safety in a video message, calling for her immediate release, reported German Press Agency (dpa).
Kim Aris said the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been suffering from worsening heart complications in a video published yesterday.
“From what I have learnt, she has asked to see a cardiologist but nobody knows where she is being held or if she is receiving care,” he said.
Describing the situation as “cruel, life-threatening and unacceptable”, Aris urged that Suu Kyi and all political prisoners be freed. He appeared on the video in a T-shirt with a despairing picture of his mother in a red background with drops on the image designed to look like blood.
Written above her image was: “Never give up OUR Hope.”
Suu Kyi has been detained since the February 2021 military coup that ousted her government, which she had won in a landslide election in 2020. The military has since imposed multiple sentences against her, widely seen as politically motivated.
Details about Suu Kyi’s health have only sporadically reached the public.
According to reports, the junta has inadequately responded to her requests for medical care. — Bernama
