More than 130 Malaysian lawmakers have urged Myanmar’s junta to allow detained leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urgent medical care, according to the Malaysian media.
A total of 135 out of 222 MPs issued a statement calling for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and for her to be provided with medical treatment.
“We are concerned about her fragile and worrying state of health and seek for the junta to grant her medical care and allow outside doctors to assess her with no delay,” the statement said.
The 78-year-old Nobel Laureate, who has been put under detention since the February 2021 coup, was reportedly suffering from serious toothache and was unable to eat, along with vomiting and dizziness.
VOA Burmese reported that her request to see her dentist was denied by the prison authorities but she received some medication.
The Tuesday statement called on ASEAN to stand in solidarity with the people of Myanmar and call for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners who have been arbitrarily detained by regime leader Min Aung Hlaing.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 33 years in prison for several offensives during closed regime trials. She denied all the charges. The regime cut six years from her sentence as part of a general amnesty in early August.
Her ousted National League for Democracy said on September 14 that the junta was detaining its leader in secret places without giving her any of the rights of a political prisoner.
“If her health is impaired and her life endangered, the junta is solely responsible,” said the NLD.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris (in Burmese Htein Linn) recently told the media that he worried about his mother’s health after learning that she has not been provided with proper healthcare.
Kin told Reuters: “She is not as robust as she once was. If she is unable to eat, then things are not looking very hopeful.”
