Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images
Several countries and the United Nations have expressed concern about Aung San Suu Kyi’s health.
cnn
—
The party of Myanmar’s deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi They said Thursday they were concerned that she “is not receiving adequate medical care” while in prison, amid reports that her health is worsening.
“We are especially concerned because he is not receiving adequate medical care and (the board) is not providing him with healthy food and sufficient accommodation with the intention of risking his life,” the National League for Democracy (NLD) said in a statement on Facebook.
“If (Aung San Suu Kyi’s) health is not only affected but her life is also in danger, the military junta is solely responsible,” the party said.
CNN has contacted the Burma board.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, had told the media outlet that he was “extremely concerned” about his mother’s health, saying that she had experienced dizziness and vomiting and was suffering from a severe kidney disease. gums.
Aris, who lives in Britain, also said his mother had difficulty eating and was denied permission to see an outside doctor, according to Reuters.
Reuters did not say how Aris received the information about his mother’s health, as he told the news agency that he has not been able to contact his mother “in any way since she was detained by the military” when they took power in a coup in February 2021.
Alishia Abobunde/Reuters
Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, said he was “extremely concerned” about his mother’s health.
A source told CNN earlier this month that Suu Kyi suffered from gingivitis, an inflammation of the gums, and a toothache, but had since recovered. The timeline of the illness and recovery from it is unknown.
In recent weeks, several countries and the United Nations have expressed concern about the health of the former leader, who faces years of detention.
On September 6, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, called for Suu Kyi’s release, saying: “all detainees should be able to access medical care, that is a basic right.”
Leaders of ASEAN member states also met last week in Jakarta, Indonesia, where Myanmar’s deteriorating humanitarian and security situation was high on the agenda. For the second year in a row, Myanmar was not invited to the regional summit.
At that summit, US Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated Washington’s commitment to continue putting pressure “on the regime to end the horrific violence, (and) to release all those unjustly detained and restore Myanmar’s path toward a inclusive democracy.”
Suu Kyi led Myanmar for five years before being ousted from power and detained after her party was re-elected in a landslide election against the military-backed opposition.
Army General Min Aung Hlaing seized power at the time in February 2021, ending Myanmar’s brief experiment with democracy, jailing multiple opposition figures and plunging the impoverished Southeast Asian nation into furious civil conflict. which continues to this day.
At the end of 2022, the 78-year-old faced a total of 33 years in prison, including three years of hard labor, for multiple convictions, including electoral fraud and receiving bribes.
The ruling military junta on August 1. Suu Kyi pardoned for five counts of which she had previously been convicted, which reduced her long sentences.
A source CNN spoke to at the time with direct knowledge of the case said his sentence had been reduced by nine years and that previous reductions had already been made to the amount of time he would have to serve.