Yangon, Myanmar ¨C Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup, but her absence looms large over junta-run polls the generals are touting as a return to democracy.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was once the darling of foreign diplomats, with legions of supporters at home and a reputation for redeeming Myanmar from a history of iron-fisted martial rule.
Her followers swept a landslide victory in Myanmar¡¯s last elections in 2020 but the military voided the vote, dissolved her National League for Democracy (NLD) party and has jailed her in total seclusion.
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