Son of Aung San Suu Kyi says he’s worried about her health

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The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's detained former leader, said a deterioration in his mother’s health was “extremely worrying” because she has serious gum disease and is struggling to eat food in prison. - REUTERS

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00:00 Anything I know is what everybody else knows,

00:03 which is that my mother was unable to eat

00:06 and that she had potential problems with gum disease

00:09 as well as maybe wisdom tooth issues.

00:12 And at one point she was vomiting and dizzy.

00:16 And I know that the conditions

00:18 within the prisons over there are terrible,

00:20 nevermind the fact that many people die in prisons over there

00:27 so I'm extremely worried about what state she's in.

00:32 There's no way of communicating with her.

00:37 She's not even allowed care packages.

00:39 She's not allowed access to her legal counsel.

00:42 She's not allowed visitors.

00:44 She's not allowed to mingle with the other prisoners.

00:47 This is, as far as I'm aware,

00:48 it's basically a form of solitary confinement.

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