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The Guardian - AU
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Oliver Holmes in Bangkok

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

Kim Aris holds up a poster that says 'Proof of life is only the beginning: free her' during a Zoom call
Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has long demanded ‘proof of life’ with regards to his mother. Photograph: Tian Macleod Ji/AP

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.”

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