2023-08-03 13:12:44
LONDON (Archyde.com) – Myanmar’s military junta pardoned jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on some charges, a move her youngest son Kim Aris said today “doesn’t make any sense” and called on the West to The national government puts more pressure on the military government.
Five of the 19 counts Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of were pardoned, meaning six years would be shaved off her 33-year sentence. Her son Aris, a British citizen, dismissed the move by the Burmese military government as political propaganda.
Aris told Archyde.com in London: “It’s not enough in any way… The whole world knows that the military has been playing this propaganda game to try to make themselves look better every once in a while. They reduced my mother’s sentence. For a few years, it didn’t make any sense at all.”
Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew the democratically elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and cracked down on opposition to military rule, imprisoning or killing thousands.
Aung San Suu Kyi, 78, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was arrested in the coup, denies all convictions including sedition, electoral fraud and corruption and has appealed.
Aris, 44, is Aung San Suu Kyi and the late British scholar Michael. The youngest son of Michael Aris, he said he had no contact with his mother since before the coup and did not know her current situation.
He said reports that Aung San Suu Kyi had been moved from prison to residential house arrest lacked verifiable evidence.
Many governments have called for the unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi and thousands of other political prisoners, and some, including the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, have imposed sanctions on the Southeast Asian country’s military junta.
According to Aris, the sanctions must be “tougher” and effectively enforced to close any loopholes, especially in the supply of arms.
Aris, who now lives in west London, said he was working with the National Unity Government (NUG), the shadow government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters and other anti-military figures, to raise awareness of Myanmar. Situational concerns.
Ultimately, says Aris, dialogue is the key.
Speaking of Aung San Suu Kyi’s partial pardon, Aris said: “But I don’t think it will lead to any dialogue, at least not in the foreseeable future.” Central News Agency (translation)
The Burmese military government only pardoned Aung San Suu Kyi for part of the crime: meaningless
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