Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 81, spoke by phone with her son Kim Aris for the first time in more than five years; he told the Guardian she sounds mentally and physically strong but is held in near-complete isolation, and called the call a "public relations" move by the military. The Guardian
the GuardianMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘sounds strong’ but is isolated, son saysKim Aris tells the Guardian chance to speak with detained Nobel laureate was ‘public relations’ move from military leaders
Does a monitored call like this signal any real shift in how Myanmar's military treats its detained opponents, or is it only image management?
