{"text":[[{"start":8.88,"text":"Myanmar’s military-backed government has released photos of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare move as concerns grow over the health of the imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate."}],[{"start":19.96,"text":"Myanmar’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau released on Monday two photos of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting Arnaud de Baecque, the resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross. This is believed to be her first meeting with a foreign envoy since her detention in 2021."}],[{"start":37.92,"text":"Two other photos were released that showed her cutting a cake bearing the words “Happy Birthday Aunty Suu”, indicating that they were taken to mark her 81st birthday in June."}],[{"start":47.96,"text":"The ICRC confirmed that it had met Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, though it did not provide any details of the location or her health."}],[{"start":56.72,"text":"The photos showed her smiling and without any overt signs of ill health. The government and the ICRC did not comment on her health condition."}],[{"start":64.84,"text":"“The visit was carried out in accordance with the ICRC’s standards and procedures for visiting people deprived of liberty,” the organisation said in a statement. “In line with the ICRC’s working methods, detention visits provide people deprived of liberty with the opportunity to exchange news with their families.”"}],[{"start":83.56,"text":"Aung San Suu Kyi has been under detention since a military coup in 2021 that resulted in the ousting of her elected government. Family members and foreign government representatives have not been allowed to meet her, raising questions about her health."}],[{"start":97.88,"text":"She was charged with corruption and later sentenced to 27 years in prison. In May, the government said she would be moved from prison in Naypyidaw to house arrest."}],[{"start":107.8,"text":"She remains popular in Myanmar. Her National League for Democracy party had won a landslide victory in the 2020 election just before the coup."}],[{"start":116.16,"text":"The coup led to a bloody civil war, with the deeply unpopular military fighting armed ethnic groups and other opposition groups all across the south-east Asian country. Thousands have been killed and other pro-democracy leaders have been arrested."}],[{"start":129.14,"text":"The military held an election in several stages from late last year to early 2026 to gain political legitimacy. With opposition leaders jailed or prevented from contesting, a military-backed political party was crowned winner of what critics say was a sham election."}],[{"start":147.12,"text":"Min Aung Hlaing, who as the commander-in-chief of the military led the coup in 2021, was appointed president after the election."}],[{"start":155.48,"text":"Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, has been demanding “proof of life” from the junta and urging foreign governments to support her release."}],[{"start":163.24,"text":"“For the first time in more than five years, I have a reason to hope,” Aris said in a statement after the release of the photos."}],[{"start":168.66,"text":"“But hope is not proof, and one meeting cannot answer the questions my family has lived with since the coup. I hope this is the beginning of transparency, humanitarian access and, ultimately, my mother’s freedom,” said the UK-based Aris. He previously said Aung San Suu Kyi had been “unjustly imprisoned” and “held hostage”."}],[{"start":195.48,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1785801673_6576.mp3"}