Myanmar’s NUG says junta placed Aung San Suu Kyi in solitary confinement to ‘embarrass’ her
- The shadow government and UN denounced the military for transferring the ousted leader from house arrest to solitary confinement in prison this week
- NUG minister Aung Myo Min said the junta moved Suu Kyi, who was held at secret location in the past, to the detention facility to hurt her emotionally
Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun on Wednesday said the Nobel laureate had been transferred to “solitary confinement in prison” and that her future trial hearings would be held within a courtroom in the detention facility.
Since the coup in February 2021, Suu Kyi has been held under house arrest in an undisclosed location in the administrative capital of Naypyidaw with several domestic staff and her dog, Taichito.
This Week in Asia understands that her staff were not allowed to move to the prison facility with her, and the 77-year-old decided not to bring her dog with her.
Suu Kyi remained sanguine after the transfer, a source with knowledge of the case told AFP on Thursday. “She acts like before and is in strong spirits,” said the source, who requested anonymity. “She is used to facing any kind of situation calmly.”
