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10-10-2024, 11:54 PM
News on Myanmar latest news 10th-Oct 2024
Fears Grow for Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi After Another Jailed NLD Leader Dies
Maung Kavi by Maung Kavi. At least two senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) have died in junta custody since Myanmar’s military ousted the elected NLD government in 2021 and threw its ageing leaders in jail. Observers say the long jail sentences and denial of proper medical treatment are part of a systematic effort by the regime to ensure that democracy leaders do not leave their prison cells alive. Over the past year, there have been frequent reports of NLD leaders, most in their 70s or 80s, developing health problems or requiring hospital treatment.
Those imprisoned include 79-year-old State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, 71-year-old President U Win Myint in Taungoo Prison, and 83-year-old NLD patron U Win Htein in Obo Prison. Alarm bells are now sounding over the health of all three politicians. “The President, State Counselor regional chief ministers are not people who should be behind bars. They were unfairly detained are being denied proper timely medical treatment,” member of Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
Dr“This is akin to slowly torturing them to death over a grudge.”
U Win Htein, the oldest NLD member behind bars, was suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems, hypothyroidism, and prostatitis before he was jailed by the regime. Despite being confined to a wheelchair, he was handed 20 years in prison. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has suffered oral and gum problems, low blood pressure and vomiting in Naypyitaw Prison, where she is serving a 27-year term. U Win Myint, imprisoned for 10 years, developed bladder problems that required a urinary catheter in June last year. Detained 70-yr-old Karen State chief minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint was initially handed 80 years in jail, before the junta cut her sentence in half in 2022. Imprisoned electricity minister U Win Khaing was rushed to Mandalay General Hospital in June last year with heart problems after being sentenced to 28 years.
When Myanmar was hit by a heat wave in April, junta spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun claimed the regime was taking necessary measures to protect elderly and infirm prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint, from severe heat. Observers dismissed the claim as worthless, pointing to the military’s enmity toward the NLD. Dr Zaw Myint Maung’s health condition was reportedly worsened by hot conditions in Obo Prison, suggesting he would have lived longer if allowed treatment at a hospital. In a statement, NLD said inadequate leukemia treatment accommodation had resulted in Dr Zaw Myint Maung contracting COVID-19 in prison, which hastened his demise.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analys...-dies.html
Fears Grow for Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi After Another Jailed NLD Leader Dies
Maung Kavi by Maung Kavi. At least two senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) have died in junta custody since Myanmar’s military ousted the elected NLD government in 2021 and threw its ageing leaders in jail. Observers say the long jail sentences and denial of proper medical treatment are part of a systematic effort by the regime to ensure that democracy leaders do not leave their prison cells alive. Over the past year, there have been frequent reports of NLD leaders, most in their 70s or 80s, developing health problems or requiring hospital treatment.
Those imprisoned include 79-year-old State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, 71-year-old President U Win Myint in Taungoo Prison, and 83-year-old NLD patron U Win Htein in Obo Prison. Alarm bells are now sounding over the health of all three politicians. “The President, State Counselor regional chief ministers are not people who should be behind bars. They were unfairly detained are being denied proper timely medical treatment,” member of Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
Dr“This is akin to slowly torturing them to death over a grudge.”
U Win Htein, the oldest NLD member behind bars, was suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems, hypothyroidism, and prostatitis before he was jailed by the regime. Despite being confined to a wheelchair, he was handed 20 years in prison. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has suffered oral and gum problems, low blood pressure and vomiting in Naypyitaw Prison, where she is serving a 27-year term. U Win Myint, imprisoned for 10 years, developed bladder problems that required a urinary catheter in June last year. Detained 70-yr-old Karen State chief minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint was initially handed 80 years in jail, before the junta cut her sentence in half in 2022. Imprisoned electricity minister U Win Khaing was rushed to Mandalay General Hospital in June last year with heart problems after being sentenced to 28 years.
When Myanmar was hit by a heat wave in April, junta spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun claimed the regime was taking necessary measures to protect elderly and infirm prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint, from severe heat. Observers dismissed the claim as worthless, pointing to the military’s enmity toward the NLD. Dr Zaw Myint Maung’s health condition was reportedly worsened by hot conditions in Obo Prison, suggesting he would have lived longer if allowed treatment at a hospital. In a statement, NLD said inadequate leukemia treatment accommodation had resulted in Dr Zaw Myint Maung contracting COVID-19 in prison, which hastened his demise.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analys...-dies.html
