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Myanmar's military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a Red Cross official in Naypyitaw. The meeting marks the first publicly confirmed contact with the Nobel laureate since her 2021 detention.
Myanmar authorities arrested 777 people suspected of running online scams and illegal gambling schemes in a major raid in Kayin State, seizing computers, mobile phones and a Starlink satellite terminal.
Myanmar's military regime has repeatedly denied Asean access to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, now 81 and imprisoned since 2021. The rejections signal the junta's belief that regional pressure is ineffective and that it can govern without Asean oversight or interference.
An American scholar of Myanmar detained in China in early June was attending an academic workshop, his think tank said, rejecting Chinese espionage allegations and calling for his immediate release.