BANGKOK — Min Aung Hlaing is “considering good things” for detained Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand’s top diplomat said, after meeting the country’s coup leader for the first time since he took over as president.
Tropical Myanmar has been led by Min Aung Hlaing since 2021, who, as military chief, deposed Suu Kyi’s elected government, detained the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and sparked civil war.
Earlier this month, he took over the role of president after an election that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a choreographed affair designed to rebrand military rule.