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Condition of Burma's imprisoned student leader deteriorates

New Delhi, January 9, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)

The health condition of Burma?s prominent student leader, Min Ko Naing
is reportedly deteriorating day by day and if necessary medical
treatment is not given urgently, he can be paralyzed soon, according to
a political prisoner who was together with him in the Sittwe Prison in
Arakan State of Burma. ?He has to totally depend on iron bars of the
prison to walk even a few feet and he suffers from severe pains of his
lower body. If it goes on like that, he will soon be a handicapped
person?, said an Arakanese prisoner who was released two weeks ago from
the same prison.

Min Ko Naing alias Paw U Tun, Chairman of the All Burma Federation of
Student Unions (ABFSU), was arrested on 24 March 1989. He was sentenced
to 20 years imprisonment (later commuted to 10 years under a general
amnesty, but he has not been released) for his anti-government
activities. He was initially detained in solitary confinement in Insein
Prison in Rangoon but has been regularly moved from one prison to
another and currently he is being held in Sittwe Prison.

According to London-based Amnesty International, Min Ko Naing was
reportedly severely tortured and ill treated during the early stages of
his detention and his health has suffered as a consequence. In 1993, a
United States Congressman visited him in Insein Prison and he was said
to be in poor health and appeared disoriented.

In November 1994 the Special Rapporteur on Burma was also allowed to
visit him briefly in Insein Prison, and described him as being nervous
and thin.

?Besides some political prisoners from other parts of Burma, there are
about thirty Arakanese political prisoners in the Sittwe Prison along
with Min Ko Naing. They do not get sufficient medical care, food and
clothing?, said the former prisoner who has escaped to Bangladesh border
recently.

Min Ko Naing, a pseudonym, means A Conqueror of Kings.





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<p>New Delhi, January 9, 2001
<br>Mizzima News Group (<a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>www.mizzima.com</a>)
<p>The health condition of Burma?s prominent student leader, Min Ko Naing
is reportedly deteriorating day by day and if necessary medical treatment
is not given urgently, he can be paralyzed soon, according to a political
prisoner who was together with him in the Sittwe Prison in Arakan State
of Burma. ?He has to totally depend on iron bars of the prison to walk
even a few feet and he suffers from severe pains of his lower body. If
it goes on like that, he will soon be a handicapped person?, said an Arakanese
prisoner who was released two weeks ago from the same prison.
<p>Min Ko Naing alias Paw U Tun, Chairman of the All Burma Federation of
Student Unions (ABFSU), was arrested on 24 March 1989. He was sentenced
to 20 years imprisonment (later commuted to 10 years under a general amnesty,
but he has not been released) for his anti-government activities. He was
initially detained in solitary confinement in Insein Prison in Rangoon
but has been regularly moved from one prison to another and currently he
is being held in Sittwe Prison.
<p>According to London-based Amnesty International, Min Ko Naing was reportedly
severely tortured and ill treated during the early stages of his detention
and his health has suffered as a consequence. In 1993, a United States
Congressman visited him in Insein Prison and he was said to be in poor
health and appeared disoriented.
<p>In November 1994 the Special Rapporteur on Burma was also allowed to
visit him briefly in Insein Prison, and described him as being nervous
and thin.
<p>?Besides some political prisoners from other parts of Burma, there are
about thirty Arakanese political prisoners in the Sittwe Prison along with
Min Ko Naing. They do not get sufficient medical care, food and clothing?,
said the former prisoner who has escaped to Bangladesh border recently.
<p>Min Ko Naing, a pseudonym, means A Conqueror of Kings.
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