Son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi demands proof of life from military government

The younger son of Myanmar’s imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is calling for the country’s military-led government to provide proof that she is alive, after it claimed in April that her sentence was commuted to around 17 years and that she had been moved to house arrest.



In an interview this week in London, where he resides, Kim Aris said he believes his octogenarian mother has not been moved to house arrest and is still in prison in the capital Naypyitaw, saying there has not been “any evidence” of a transfer.



Aris said that Suu Kyi is currently suffering from a heart condition as well as age-related health issues including osteoporosis.



Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been detained since a February 2021 coup toppled the democratically elected government in which she was serving as the de facto leader.



Aris said his last contact with her was a letter he received over two years ago.



Born and raised in London, Aris, 48, lived with both his parents until his mother left when he was around 11 years old to care for her mother in Myanmar, where she then became involved in the pro-democracy movement.