In Letter From Prison, Former Myanmar Leader Writes of Suffering

FILE - Myanmar's then-leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 28, 2020. Suu Kyi's son reports she is in deteriorating health in prison, where she is serving a 27-year sentence. Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, speaks with VOA via Zoom from his home in England, Feb. 2, 2024.

The day Kim Aris received a letter from his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, marked a significant moment after almost three years of silence. Speaking on February 2 in an interview with VOA via Zoom from his home in England, Aung San Suu Kyi's youngest son expressed concern about his mother's health in prison.