Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘sounds strong’ but is isolated, son says

Kim Aris tells the Guardian chance to speak with detained Nobel laureate was ‘public relations’ move from military leaders Myanmar’s former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be in good physical and mental health but is living in near-complete isolation, her son has said after the first call with his 81-year-old mother in more than five years. “She still sounds certainly all there mentally, and physically she sounds strong,” Kim Aris said. “I don’t think she has anybody outside of the military or the police around her, so essentially she’s been held in solitary confinement from what I gather.” Continue reading...

昂山素季之子金·阿里斯在五年多來首次與母親通話後稱，她身心狀況尚可，但幾乎與外界完全隔絕。他認為緬甸軍政府安排的這次通話和此前的照片發布都是公關手段，並指出國際社會對緬甸局勢的關注在羅興亞危機後明顯下降。