U Soe Win’s health condition

DVB ( July 09,2003 )

The health condition of U Soe Win, the MP of Pegu who was arrested by the military after the Dipeyin incident and recently released is said to be still bad. His daughter told the DVB about his latest situation as follows:

U Soe Win’s daughter : U Soe Win is still in the hospital. He is still unable to eat. He has to be fed through the nose with a pipe. He is also unable to speak properly. His tongue is twisted. He is still being treated. He hasn’t got any serious illness at the moment. He is unable to take food through the mouth and he is being fed through the nose with a pipe. Therefore, he is not discharged from the hospital yet. I think he will be there for a couple of weeks. I think he will only be discharged when he could eat through the mouth.

Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) issued a statement on the dire condition of U Soe Win after he was arrested and detained by the SPDC for a couple of weeks. The statement was issued to let the world know that the SPDC has severely tortured a renowned people like U Soe Win.

DVB’s Khaing Thazin reports:

Khaing Thazin : The general secretary of AAPP Ko Tate Naing told the DVB that he wants the world to know that the SPDC has not only severely tortured a renowned people like U Soe Win but also tried to murder him:

Ko Tate Naing : If they tortured a renowned people like him to point of losing his life, we are very worried that they would do worse things to other ordinary NLD members. We want to let the political leaders of the international community especially those of the neighbouring Southeast Asia properly know that the SPDC is systematically trying to destroy the NLD and torturing and killing its members. We issued the statement so that they could put more pressures on the regime.

Khaing Thazin :It is reported that there are 43 MPs inside the prisons in Burma.