Dear Friends,
Things are getting worse in Burma day after day.
As of this posting, there is a widely spread news on the situation of detained '88 student leaders. There is a grave concern especially over the spreading news of the death of Kyaw Min Yu (alias) Jimmy, another prominent leader of the group, in detention.
Jimmy's family is still trying to confirm this. His mother has already filed complaint yesterday at the local police station demanding her son's whereabouts.
His wife, Nilar Thein, another leader of the '88 Generation Students Group and a former political prisoner, who has been evading the arrest and still in hiding, as well as his mother have given out interviews to Burmese radios.
Jimmy and Nilar Thein have a four-month old baby girl, who is under the care of Jimmy's mother. He was arrested on 21st midnight along with other '88 leaders.
It's also been reported that Min Zeya and Markee (alias) Kyaw Kyaw Htwe, two other leaders of the Group, have been hospitalized.
Min Zeya has been suffering from serious hypertension and his condition requires him to have regular medical check up and treatment.
All these detained leaders have different serious health problems as they were all tortured badly during their more than 10-year sentences in prison.
Many of family members have given interviews with Burmese media this afternoon and expressed their worries for their safety.
This is all for now, friends.
To update you briefly on yesterday events, there were three demonstrations took place. One demonstration was staged by a group of workers in Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial area outskirt Rangoon. Another took place in Myaing, a small town near Pakkoku – the town where Buddhist monks’ peaceful march took place on Sept 5. The other small protest was in Gwa town of Arakan State.
This is all for now, friends. Things are getting worse in Burma.
In Solidarity,
Khin Ohmar
Coordinator, APPPB
Things are getting worse in Burma day after day.
As of this posting, there is a widely spread news on the situation of detained '88 student leaders. There is a grave concern especially over the spreading news of the death of Kyaw Min Yu (alias) Jimmy, another prominent leader of the group, in detention.
Jimmy's family is still trying to confirm this. His mother has already filed complaint yesterday at the local police station demanding her son's whereabouts.
His wife, Nilar Thein, another leader of the '88 Generation Students Group and a former political prisoner, who has been evading the arrest and still in hiding, as well as his mother have given out interviews to Burmese radios.
Jimmy and Nilar Thein have a four-month old baby girl, who is under the care of Jimmy's mother. He was arrested on 21st midnight along with other '88 leaders.
It's also been reported that Min Zeya and Markee (alias) Kyaw Kyaw Htwe, two other leaders of the Group, have been hospitalized.
Min Zeya has been suffering from serious hypertension and his condition requires him to have regular medical check up and treatment.
All these detained leaders have different serious health problems as they were all tortured badly during their more than 10-year sentences in prison.
Many of family members have given interviews with Burmese media this afternoon and expressed their worries for their safety.
This is all for now, friends.
To update you briefly on yesterday events, there were three demonstrations took place. One demonstration was staged by a group of workers in Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial area outskirt Rangoon. Another took place in Myaing, a small town near Pakkoku – the town where Buddhist monks’ peaceful march took place on Sept 5. The other small protest was in Gwa town of Arakan State.
This is all for now, friends. Things are getting worse in Burma.
In Solidarity,
Khin Ohmar
Coordinator, APPPB
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