Aung San Suu Kyi in first public appearance since February arrest

Removed Myanmar leader appeared in court in the capital and seemed in good health, her lawyer said.

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in public for the first time since she was detained and her government was overthrown by the military in a February 1 coup, as she attended a 30-minute court hearing in the capital Naypyidaw. The 75-year-old looked in good health and held a face-to-face meeting on Monday with her legal team before the hearing, lawyer Thae Maung Maung told the Reuters news agency. All her previous meetings have been via video link. The hearing lasted about 30 minutes and security was tight, Frontier, a Myanmar magazine reported.