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Kim Aris Protests for Mother's Release, Calls Elections Sham

12/15/2025

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Kim Aris, son of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, joined a December 14 protest in Japan and said he has not heard from her since the 2021 coup.
He calls the junta's elections a sham but says they could pressure foreign governments to secure his mother's release.
He believes she is held in Naypyitaw under extreme conditions and denies she is complicit in the Rohingya crackdown.

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Kim Aris, son of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, joined a December 14 protest in Japan and said he has not heard from her since the 2021 coup.
He calls the junta's elections a sham but says they could pressure foreign governments to secure his mother's release.
He believes she is held in Naypyitaw under extreme conditions and denies she is complicit in the Rohingya crackdown.