Taichito had followed Aung San Suu Kyi everywhere. But the dog was not allowed to accompany Myanmar’s leader into prison after a military junta overthrew her government(军政府推翻她的政府) five years ago. Last month, the floppy-eared(耳朵耷拉的) mongrel(杂种狗) died at her home in Yangon, the former capital, aged 15, still awaiting her return. He had been a gift from Kim Aris, her son, on her release from an earlier spell(一段时间) in prison in 2010. “I think he was the best thing I ever gave her. He was very faithful to her,” says Mr Aris in an interview in London.(阿里斯先生说他认为这只狗是他给母亲最好的礼物，它非常忠诚。)
Taichito曾跟随昂山素季去任何地方。但五年前军政府推翻她的政府后，这只狗不被允许陪同这位缅甸领导人入狱。上个月，这只垂耳混血犬在仰光（前首都）的家中去世，享年15岁，仍在等待主人归来。它是昂山素季的儿子金·阿里斯在2010年她上一次获释时送给她的礼物。“我认为这是我送给她的最好的东西。它对她非常忠诚，”阿里斯先生在伦敦接受采访时说。
Mr Aris has a bigger worry, however: his aged mother has disappeared. He has been travelling the world in recent months, pushing presidents and ministers to demand that Myanmar’s military government provide “proof of life(生存证明)”. The last official appearance of Ms Suu Kyi, who would now be 81, came at the conclusion of her show trial at the end of 2022.(昂山素季最后一次正式露面是在2022年底一场作秀式审判结束时。) Since then, the army has consistently(一贯地) refused her lawyers’ requests to see her. Reports of sightings(目击事件) in Myanmar’s prison system have trickled out(零星传出) of the war-torn(饱受战争蹂躏的) country in recent years, but are impossible to verify.
然而，阿里斯先生有一个更大的担忧：他年迈的母亲失踪了。最近几个月，他周游世界，推动各国总统和部长们要求缅甸军政府提供“生存证明”。昂山素季女士如今已81岁，她最后一次正式露面是在2022年底一场作秀式审判结束时。自那以后，军方一直拒绝她的律师们探视的请求。近年来，关于她在缅甸监狱系统中出现的报道从饱受战争蹂躏的国家中零星传出，但无法核实。
Ms Suu Kyi ranks as one of the world’s most famous political prisoners. She spent many years under house arrest(被软禁) while leading peaceful democratic protests against Myanmar’s military regime(政权) during the 1980s to the 2010s, and won the Nobel peace prize in 1991. After her party finally came to power(掌权) in 2015, however, her reputation was damaged by her defence(辩护；维护) of the armed forces’ treatment of the Rohingyas(军方对罗兴亚人的待遇), a persecuted(受迫害的) Muslim minority. In 2021 a military coup removed her from power(将她赶下台), before sending her to prison.
昂山素季是世界上最著名的政治犯之一。从1980年代到2010年代，她在领导反对缅甸军政府的和平民主抗议期间，长期被软禁，并于1991年获得诺贝尔和平奖。然而，当她的政党最终在2015年掌权后，她因辩护军方对罗兴亚人（一个受迫害的穆斯林少数民族）的待遇而名声受损。2021年，一场军事政变将她赶下台，随后将她投入监狱。
