Aung San Suu Kyi received gifts from King Charles

Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 18 years in prison after the military coup in 2021, after she won the election the year before. She was accused of electoral fraud and corruption, crimes that are widely seen in the outside world as politically motivated.

Where exactly she was subsequently held has been unclear, but in April the military government announced that she had been moved to house arrest.

On Monday, the same management posted a commentary and a rare photo of Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly receiving the letter and books from King Charles, a meeting that the statement said lasted only ten minutes.

In the outside world, the event has been received with relief. That she was allowed to receive the message and gifts from the king is seen as a positive sign, but has also renewed calls for her to be released.

Critical observers warn that this is a propaganda feature to make the military at the top appear good-hearted. That it is about the same old trick that the junta used on and off in the past to strengthen its legitimacy in the outside world.

- The world does not see Aung San Suu Kyi as a "special prisoner", as the regime claims (in its statement). In the outside world, she is considered the country's leader, but as soon as the military junta faces a crisis, it uses Aung San Suu Kyi as a hidden political card, says a spokesperson in Thailand for an organization for political prisoners in Myanmar, to Radio Free Asia.

Her son Kim Aris tells the same news portal:

- Despite the latest developments, we still have no direct communication with her or credible, verified and independent information about her health and how she is doing.

He calls on countries around the world to make demands on Myanmar's leadership so that the family can see her, that she can receive medical care and that she be released immediately along with all other political prisoners in Myanmar.