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After the military took Win Thiha and another inmate out of Dawei Prison and fatally shot Win Thiha, the whereabouts of the other inmate are still unknown
Ko Cho
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Military personnel removed two political prisoners from the detention centre where they were being held in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region this month before shooting one of them dead, according to sources close to the victims’ relatives.
The slain prisoner, Win Thiha, was serving a seven-year sentence in Dawei Prison for charges under Sections 51a and 52c of the Counterterrorism Law and Section 505a of the Penal Code, on incitement.
He had been in junta custody since his arrest on February 7, 2021, less than a week after the military coup.
Authorities notified his family of his death last Saturday but did not return his body, a family associate said.
“The family visited him on March 13 and that was the last time they saw each other,” said the family’s associate, who asked not to be identified. “He was no longer there when the family went to visit him on March 20, a week later, and the prison authorities notified the family of his death on March 23. The body was never returned.”
The Dawei Prison Department reportedly told the family that Win Thiha was shot dead while trying to escape. Authorities had taken him out of the prison so he could show them some form of evidence, the department claimed.
The rights advocacy organisation Political Prisoners’ Network of Myanmar (PPNM) issued a statement on Thursday calling the authorities’ explanation for Win Thiha’s death absurd, alleging that they were withholding crucial information from the public about the incident.
The PPNM also called on the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations to scrutinise Win Thiha’s case as well as other instances in which authorities unlawfully removed inmates from prison facilities.
Authorities executed several inmates incarcerated at Daik-U Prison in Bago Region in July of last year after removing them from the prison, purportedly to transfer them to another facility. The authorities alleged that the prisoners had tried to escape custody on that occasion too.
The victims were Pyae Phyo Aung, Aung Myo Thu, Zin Myint Tun, Arkar Thet Paing Myo, Bo Bo Win, Wai Yan Lwin, and Zin Win Htut, and Khant Lin Naing, a vice chair of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions.
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