Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to son for first time in over five years
Kim Aris said the brief call was not enough and urged the military-backed government to release his mother and other political prisoners immediately.
- On Thursday, October 22, 2026, Kim Aris spoke with his mother, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, for the first time in five years during a 20-minute call at the Burmese embassy in Mayfair.
- Myanmar's military detained Suu Kyi in February 2021, holding the 81-year-old in near-total seclusion for five years after ending the country's decade-long democratic experiment.
- Recent images showed Suu Kyi receiving a package from King Charles III, which included two gardening books and a "sealed diplomatic communication" from the monarch.
- While Aris called the breakthrough "wonderful," he emphasized that a single 20-minute conversation does not constitute regular family access to his detained mother.
- Military chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing remains afraid of Suu Kyi's influence, Aris claims, noting that the Burmese people continue to support the leader despite her ongoing house arrest.
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Myanmar's detained leader Suu Kyi traded health concerns with her son in their first call in 5 years
Aung San Suu Kyi's son said that they spoke about health concerns when he spoke with the detained former leader of Myanmar by phone for the first time in five years
South China Morning Post
PressNewsAgencyRare Suu Kyi phone call to son signals shift in Myanmar junta strategy
The son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi said she sounded “fairly healthy” after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years. Suu Kyi, 81, is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, where she has been sequestered since being unseated in a 2021 military coup. “She was sounding fairly healthy,” Kim Aris, who lives in the UK, said after the telephone conve…
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolMyanmar's former detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was able to make her first phone call on Thursday in more than five years with her son, Kim Aris, who announced the fact on her Facebook page.
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