The Myanmar government has granted a visa to Aung San Suu Kyi's younger son so he can visit his mother following her release from house arrest, her lawyer said Monday. Kim Aris, 33, arrived in Bangkok from his home in Britain after the release of his mother, who was freed November 13 after more than seven consecutive years confined to her lakeside home in Yangon. "He has got his visa already and he is trying to come today," Suu Kyi's lawyer, Nyan Win, told AFP Monday, adding that the 65-year-old opposition leader planned to welcome her son at Yangon airport. Suu Kyi has not seen Aris or her elder son Alexander for about 10 years and has never met her grandchildren. Also Monday, Myanmar's Supreme Court refused to hear Suu Kyi's lawsuit against the government for dissolving her party ahead of elections. "The case was rejected by the Supreme Court in Naypyidaw," a government official, who did not want to be named, told AFP. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy was disbanded for boycotting the November 7 elections. AFP |