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UN Myanmar envoy ‘very concerned’ about Aung San Suu Kyi’s health

Aung San Suu Kyi was detained as the military seized power and the generals have not allowed the UN or ASEAN envoys to meet her [File: AFP]

Noeleen Heyzer, the United Nations special envoy on Myanmar, has said she is “very concerned” about the health of Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been in detention since the military removed her from office in a coup in February 2021, and that she will not visit the country again unless she can see her.

Speaking at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore on Monday, Heyzer noted that Aung San Suu Kyi had been found guilty of electoral fraud last week and given an additional three years in prison with hard labour.

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