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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Independent Staff

Aung San Suu Kyi won’t be freed because the military junta believe she’s too powerful, warns son

Aung San Suu Kyi will not be freed from incarceration by her military captors in Myanmar as they are worried about the influence she still wields in the country, her youngest son has warned.

Kim Aris, who has spent the last five years campaigning for his mother to be freed from her latest jail term, said he was concerned about the 81-year-old’s health and demanded greater transparency about the conditions she is being held under.

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