Aung San Suu Kyi, a figure of Burmese democracy, must “receive care due to the heatwave," indicated a junta spokesperson. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 78 years old, has been imprisoned since the 2021 military coup.
She was sentenced to 33 years in prison for a series of charges, including corruption, possession of illegal walkie-talkies, and failure to comply with Covid restrictions. The party she founded, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won the 2020 elections handily, but the army used accusations that millions of irregular ballots were discovered during the vote, uncorroborated by international observers, to take power in Burma. The figure of democracy in Burma has only been seen once since she was arrested after the putsch of February 1, 2021, in poor quality photos taken by state media in a meeting room hearing of a court in Naypyidaw, the capital built in the jungle by the army.