Asia’s disgraced saint
As she turns 80, Myanmar’s jailed leader still has much support
ONLY AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S jailers know how Myanmar’s ousted leader spent her 80th birthday on June 19th. She was detained in February 2021 when the army staged a coup. She is believed to be held in solitary confinement in a purpose-built cell in a detention centre in Naypyidaw, the capital. Since her arrest only one letter from her has been received: to her younger son, Kim Aris, in January 2024.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “A tarnished legacy”
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