Ousted Myanmar democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi is in “strong spirits”, her son told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Tuesday after receiving a letter from her—their first communication since she was detained in a coup three years ago.
Suu Kyi was detained on the morning of the February 2021 coup that ended a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunged the Southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil.
The Nobel laureate, 78, has since been jailed for more than 20 years by a junta court following what rights groups say was a sham trial designed to remove her from politics.
“She is in strong spirits as always,” Kim Aris said of the letter he received from his mother thanking him for a care package he had sent to her late last year.
The letter received in early January was “the first real indication I’ve had... that she’s actually. . .