Conditions of the political prisoners
in Monywa military hospital
DVB ( August 6,2003)
According to family members of the political prisoners, among
the 40 prisoners seen to by the ICRC on the 31st of July,
28 are political prisoners who were arrested during the May
30 Dipeyin incident.
The ICRC has been delivering letters written by the prisoners
to their respective families. Among the recipients of the
letters are families of the chairman of Amarapura Township
NLD, U Hla Myint and the MP of Myinmu Township, U Bar Bar.
U Hla Myint’s daughter told the DVB that she got her
father’s letter yesterday and her mother went to see
him at the prison today:
U Hla Myint’s daughter : The ICRC delivered the letter
to us. He says that he is well and he is requesting food from
home. My mother got the ICRC’s permission yesterday
and she went to see him today at Shwebo. She hasn’t
returned yet. Ko Zaw Lay (her brother) is in the military
hospital. He is feeling better and resting, they said…
According to her, although she got the letter from her father,
she still hasn’t got any contact with her brother Ko
Zaw Lay. In the letter, her father enquired about his son,
Ko Zaw Lay and it is sure that they haven’t seen each
other even if they were arrested together on the 30th of May,
said the daughter.
The younger sister of Daw Win Mya Mya, a Mandalay Division
NLD Women member who is being treated at Monywa military hospital
said that Daw Win Mya Mya and Ko Zaw Lay and four other people
are still being treated in Monywa military hospital. Although
prisoners in Shwebo are being allowed to see the ICRC and
their family members, the people who are being treated in
the military hospital are allowed to see anyone, she said
as follows:
Daw Win Mya Mya’s sister : Daw Win Mya Mya is at the
stage of taking exercises. They have taken off her bandages.
I asked about their health from the people who were released
on the 25th of July. They told us that they have taken off
bandages from her and she is taking exercises. One person’s
hand was pierced, they said. They just treated him normally
but they latter plastered his hand after he complained. He
had to wear the plaster for 15 days. I was told that they
are going to take off the plaster off his hand on the 3rd
of August. That’s all I know about their health. On
the 21st of July, we went to see them with food and clothing
for them. We were told that there was no base commander and
they didn’t know where the prisoners are kept and the
the like…
20 political prisoners in Mandalay Prison who were arrested
for several reasons before the Dipeyin incident have been
staging hunger strikes since the 21st of July because of the
increasing oppressions in the prison. Among them are three
women political prisoners and they took the action because
they prison authorities withdrew their rights to read, according
to a news statement issued by the Democratic Party for New
Society (DPNS) which is based on the Thai- Burma border.
Six people in Monywa military hospital
-Daw Win Mya Mya
-Ko Zaw Lay
-Ko Than Win
-Ko Aung Kyaw Soe (Ahlone)
-U Bo Nyunt (Butalin)
-Ko Win Ko Naing (Mandalay)
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