Kim Aris, son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, spoke with her for 20 minutes by phone from Myanmar's embassy in London, the first contact in more than five years. He said she sounded fairly healthy, and the call came as detention restrictions were reported to be loosening.
A Chinese court sentenced three triad members to death for crimes tied to scam centres in Myanmar's Kokang region, including fraud, drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution and the murders of two Chinese citizens.