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Subject: Assistance to political prisoners seized

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                     ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT
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                              PRESS RELEASE
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                                                   Date: September 15, 1995

Regarding the Aung San Suu Kyi's assistance to the political prisoners last
month, a Rangoon resident said that all assistance to the political prisoners
contributed by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi were seized by the prison authorities at
the prisons according to the order from the superior. It was first allowed by
the Col. Kyaw Win, Deputy military Intelligent chief of the Slorc, who passed
the oral message of Gen. Than Swe for unconditional release of Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi on July 10 and frequently visited her residence since then, he added.

She provided the assistance to the poor family members of the political
prisoners, particularly, 5000 kyat each to the family members of the political
prisoners who died in the prisons while serving their sentences.

Family members of the following three prisoners have been well received the
assistance, he confirmed.


NAME                     CHARGED BY THE SLORC                 DIED

1. U Tin Maung Win    Action was taken against him on 21.11.90    18.1.91      
   51 years        under section 212(l) and 124 of the penal  Insein Prison
   MP of NLD          code for his involvement in attempting to
                      form a parallel government

2. U Thaw Ka       sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on       11.6.91 
   62 years           5.11.98 under section 5(a) and (b) of      Insein Prison
Former Major in       the 1950 emergency act provisions Act
Burma Navy and        for organizing and exhorting the Tatmadaw 
famous author         personnel from the Navy to dissociate 
                      from the combined armed forces.

3. U Maung Ko      A member of the NLD HQs. Detained for his      9.11.90
   50 years           involvement in attempting to form a        Insein prison
                   parallel government.


OTHERS DIED IN THE PRISONS (SLORC presentation to UN special rapporteur Mr.
Yozo Yokota in November, 1994)


1. U Zaw Ti Ka        sentenced to three years imprisonment         18.11.92
   60 years           on Feb 8 under section 5(j) of the 1950    Insein Prison 
Buddhist Monk      emergency act and under section 295 of        hospital
                   the penal code for involvement 
                   in a strike organized by the monks  

2. Khin Maung Myint   sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on         16.2.93
   64 years        6.11.89 under section(5) of the 1950
                      Emergency Act and section 17 of the 1908 
                      Unlawful Association Act involvement in 
                      the under ground movement of the BCP

3. Kyaw Myo Thant     A member of DPNS sentenced to one years       20.5.90 
   (a) Japan Gyi      imprisonment under section 505(b) of the   Maubin prison
   25 years             penal Code on 7.11.89 for distributing       
                      illegal leaflets

4. Sow Win            sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on         3.5.91 
   72 years           6.11.89 under section 5(j) of the 1950     Insein Prison
                      Emergency Act and section 17 of the 1908     hospital
                      unlawful Association Act for involvement 
                      in the underground movement of BCP.

5. Nyo Win            Charged on 18.7.89 under section 19(a) of      8.3.91
   58 years           the Unlawful Association Act for circulating   Insein
                      disinformation and distributing illegal        prison
                      leaflets.

6. Khin Maung      Sentenced on 2.11.89 to five years             7.3.90 
   (a) Bo Set Yaung   imprisonment under section 5 (j) of the 1950   Insein
                      Emergency Act and section 17 of the 1908       Prison
                      Unlawful Association Act for involvement in   hospital
                      the underground movement of BCP.

7. Man Dar Weit       Sentenced to eight years imprisonment on       12.7.92 
   55 years              27.11.89 under section 17(2) of the 1908
                      Unlawful Association for seeking assistance 
                      from KNU insurgents

8. Mohammed Ilyas     Detained for having laid explosive mines      23.6.92
   (a) Maung Nyo      near the Golf club at Maung Daw           Maung Daw jail



OTHERS NOT PRESENTED BY THE SLORC AT MR. YOZO YOKOTA'S VISIT

1. U Sein Win        lived in Thone Khwa township in Rangoon    January, 1991  
   54 years

2. U Thar Htun       A well-known history expert in Araken and    August, 1990 
   82 years          a member of ALD(Arakan League for Democracy)   
                  was arrested on 7.5.90 and sentenced to 
                   three years Imprisonment under section 5 (j) 
                  of the 1950 emergency act
   
3. Ko Kyaw Win         arrested in June, 1989 and was detained       early, 1990 
   30 years          without trial and sentence                     Mandalay 
                                                                    Prison

4. Ko Than Win       a member of NLD at Maubin township was 
                  arrested and detained at Tharyawadi            Unknown 

5. U David        arrested in 1988                               2.8.92 
   58 years

6. U Aye Lwin     sentenced to death penalty under fighting    December,92  
  38 years          against the Thin Gan Kyun police station    Insein Prison

7. Maung Aing Ko     Workers Collegue Union                       13.10.93
   31 years                                             Tha Yet
                                                        prison

9. Ko Soe Htay       a member of NLD was arrested on 12.4.91       16.4.91
   19 years

10.Ko Kyaw Soe       arrested in January, 1989                     two day     
   22 years                                         after the arrest

11.Ko Zaw Win Htun   university student was arrested on 2.10.88   30.12.89 
   21 years          (4th year, Physics)  

12. Ko Ne Win Aung   fled to Thai border and returned Burma      a few days 
    22 years         in 1988 under Slorc amnesty and arrested     after the
                  a few days later in Rangoon                  arrest in
                                                                 Insein Prison

13. Ko Hernit     A Muslim fled to Thai border and returned      In sein
    21 years         under the Slorc's amnesty was arrested         Prison   

14. Ko Aung Moe        Fled to Thai border and returned under           a few day
                     Slorc's amnesty and arrested                      after 
                                                                   the arrest
                                                                    in Insein
                                                                      prison

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