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Myanmar junta releases photos of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting Red Cross, celebrating birthday

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Myanmar's military government released photos showing former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi meeting with International Red Cross officials and celebrating her birthday.
  • The images, posted on Telegram by a government spokesperson, are the first public display of Suu Kyi since her detention in 2021, addressing concerns about her well-being.
  • One photo depicts Suu Kyi cutting a birthday cake dated June 19, 2026, though Reuters could not independently verify the date of the photos, and the International Red Cross had not yet responded to a request for comment.

Myanmar's military government has released photographs of former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, offering a rare glimpse of the Nobel laureate since her detention in 2021. The images aim to quell public concern over her health and whereabouts.

The photos, disseminated on Telegram by government spokesperson Khine Khine Soe, show Suu Kyi interacting with Arnaud de Baecque, a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). One image captures Suu Kyi cutting a birthday cake inscribed with "Happy Birthday Auntie, June 19, 2026."

In two of the photos, Suu Kyi, dressed in traditional Burmese attire, is seen seated and conversing with de Baecque in a sparsely furnished room. Another photo shows her cutting the cake, with what appears to be a clothes rack and storage boxes visible in the background, suggesting it might be her residence. Reuters noted that the authenticity and date of the photos could not be independently verified, and the ICRC had not yet provided a comment.

Happy Birthday Auntie, June 19, 2026.

— Cake inscriptionThe inscription on the birthday cake shown in one of the released photos.
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