They warn about Aung San Suu Ky's health: she suffers episodes of dizziness and vomiting and cannot eat normally

In recent weeks, alarms have been raised about the health of the deposed Burmese leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, 78 years old and serving a 27-year prison sentence imposed in an opaque judicial process. after the military coup d'état of 2021.

It was her son, Kim Aris, who warned this Wednesday about the deterioration of his mother's health, who suffers episodes of dizziness and vomiting and cannot eat normally due to gum disease.

“As far as I know, my mother cannot eat because of gum disease and perhaps also because of problems with her wisdom teeth.. In addition, he has suffered episodes of vomiting and dizziness and could not walk at one point,” Aris told Burmese media outlet Khit Thit in English.

Likewise, Aris himself denounced two weeks ago in statements to the British BBC that his mother needed medical treatment for her gum problems and that the military junta in power denied it to her.. With this, he stated that he imagines that the conditions in which his mother is imprisoned “are far from ideal” and recalled that the conditions in Burmese prisons are “horrible.” “What is happening in Burma is horrifying, too many prisoners die in prison,” he said.

In this sense, he denounced the isolation regime to which his mother is subjected, unlike during previous house arrests, in which she could receive visitors and had access to her personal doctor. “Now no one can contact her. They don't allow him to mix with other prisoners,” he lamented.

In July, sources close to the former president indicated that the junta planned to transfer her from prison to house arrest, but it is unknown where she is now.

Sentenced to 33 years in prison

Suu Kyi, who came to power in 2016, was detained on the same day that the military, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021, and has only been seen since. once during a court hearing, while the junta has prohibited his lawyers from speaking to the press.

In the following two years she faced a string of accusations for which she was sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison in a judicial process amidst secrecy, although last month her sentence was reduced to 27 years.

The coup d'état, which put an end to a decade of democratic transition, has plunged Burma (Myanmar) into a deep political, social and economic crisis and has opened a spiral of violence that has exacerbated the guerrilla war that the country has been experiencing since decades ago, with new armed groups formed after the uprising.

According to the latest count by the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners (AAPP), a local NGO, 19,238 political prisoners remain detained and 4,092 people have died in the hands of the armed forces since the riot.