Three Hunger Strike Prisoners Were Placed In Solitary Confinement

December 21, 2007
Aye Nai, DVB

Ko Htin Kyaw, the leader of the fuel protest in August and two others - Ko Myo Thant aka John Northar and Ko Zin Lin Aung , who are on hunger strike, have been placed in solitary confinement, it was reported. They started the hunger strike while being detained in Insein Prison, to demand the release of all the arrested political prisoners and monks throughout the country.

All three were admitted to the prison's hospital at the begining of their protest, before being sent to the confinement. Their doggedness and determination to carry on with the hunger strike has attracted the much public interest, which created a huge turn out, including foreign diplomats, at the court hearings. The junta, who abhors any media interest and publicity about their conduct, decided to hold the trial inside the Insein prison instead, where it could be performed in private, on 26th December.

There has been no negotiation of the demand of the protesters until now, which is causing even more public concern and interest in the case.

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