Aung San Suu Kyi misses a hearing due to illness: she has been isolated from the world for eight months

BANGKOK – Her absence due to illness at the umpteenth hearing of the military trials that see her accused of numerous crimes had caused a certain alarm in the legal team of Aung San Suu Kyi, under arrest since the February coup. Upon returning to court this morning, the former de facto head of the previous Burmese government “seemed quite relieved – said the lawyer. Khin Maung Zaw – but she said she felt “still a little dizzy”.