2023-07-28 05:22:00
On the occasion of this transfer, the ex-leader met the president of the lower house of the country and will probably meet with the special envoy of China for Asian affairs.
By NJ with AFP Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, here in 2020, was moved from her prison to a government building this week. © STR / AFP Published on 07/28/2023 at 05:22
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Aung San Suu Kyi, ousted from power in Burma by a military coup in 2021, was transferred from her prison to a government building, said on Friday July 28, on condition of anonymity, an official from her political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). The transfer was made “in the night of Monday to Tuesday”. The fallen ruler is now “in a high level building”.
According to the same source, Aung San Suu Kyi met with the speaker of the country’s lower house, Ti Khun Myat, and will probably meet with Deng Xijuan, China’s special envoy for Asian affairs, who is visiting the country. country.
A source from another political party said the Nobel Peace Prize winner had been moved to a VIP compound in Naypyidaw.
A worrying state of health
The former leader has only been seen once since she was arrested after the February 1, 2021 putsch, in grainy state media photos taken in a courtroom in the capital Naypyidaw, built by the military.
The coup plunged the Southeast Asian country into a conflict that displaced more than a million people, according to the United Nations.
READ ALSOTwo years after the coup: Burma, scene of a tragedyThe state of health of the 78-year-old ousted leader has raised concerns since her detention, especially since her trial in a junta court which forced her to attend hearings almost daily.
Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to thirty-three years in prison on a series of charges, including bribery, possession of illegal walkie-talkies and breaking coronavirus restrictions.
Human rights groups have called her trial a sham and a tool to keep the leader out of politics.
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