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Chin woman and girl knifed to death in Magway township with heavy military presence

October 12, 2022/in News

The two victims disappeared last week while on their way home from a nearby village; their bodies were discovered on Sunday A young woman and a 14-year-old girl were found murdered in southwestern Magway Region’s Ngape Township on Sunday, four days after they went missing in the heavily militarised area. The two victims, who were […]

Prisoner beaten to death in Myingyan Prison

October 10, 2022/in News

The prison, which holds hundreds of political detainees, has become one of the most notorious in the country since last year’s coup A prisoner who was sent to Mandalay Region’s Myingyan Prison last week was beaten to death within a day of his arrival, according to prison sources. Nay Myo Oo, a resident of the […]

Chin woman and girl knifed to death in Magway township with heavy military presence

October 12, 2022/in News

Prisoner beaten to death in Myingyan Prison

October 10, 2022/in News

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Chin woman and girl knifed to death in Magway township with heavy military presence

October 12, 2022/in News

The two victims disappeared last week while on their way home from a nearby village; their bodies were discovered on Sunday

A young woman and a 14-year-old girl were found murdered in southwestern Magway Region’s Ngape Township on Sunday, four days after they went missing in the heavily militarised area.

The two victims, who were both members of the Asho Chin ethnic group, were last seen alive in the village of Goke Gyi, where they had met relatives on Thursday.

They were walking back to their home village of Bone Maw, some 1.2km away, later that day when they disappeared, local sources reported.

The bodies of 21-year-old kindergarten teacher Mai Shwesin Ye and eighth-grader Mai Naung Pa Hla were discovered near Myay Latt, another village in the same area, on Sunday, the sources said.

“There were so many stab wounds—in their thighs, backs, necks, breasts, and stomachs. It was just so cruel,” said one person close to the victims’ families who saw the bodies.

It was believed that the older victim had also been raped.

“The older girl was wearing a dress but her body didn’t have any underwear on. The younger girl was wearing a pair of jeans and had been tied up with ropes,” said the source.

The murders were reported at the village police station in Goke Gyi, but as of Tuesday, no information had been released regarding an investigation.

The bodies of the victims were cremated in the nearby town of Padein on Monday and their remains were interred at the cemetery in Bone Maw the next morning, the family friend told Myanmar Now.

According to local news outlets, the military maintains a base in Goke Gyi as part of its efforts to eradicate opium poppies in the nearby hills.

Soldiers stationed in the village were said to be from Light Infantry Division 88, based in Padein. Since last year’s coup, an additional 100 troops have been sent there as reinforcements, the news outlets reported.

There is also another base in the area set up to guard a pipeline that runs from the Rakhine coast to China, according to locals, who say that the base is usually manned by six soldiers and four police.

Ngape Township, which borders Rakhine State, also has two weapons factories and several other military installations.

Despite being in Magway Region, which has been one of the main areas of resistance activities since the military seized power in February of last year, Ngape Township has seen relatively little fighting due to the proximity of the pipeline and geographical conditions, locals said.

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Prisoner beaten to death in Myingyan Prison

October 10, 2022/in News

The prison, which holds hundreds of political detainees, has become one of the most notorious in the country since last year’s coup

A prisoner who was sent to Mandalay Region’s Myingyan Prison last week was beaten to death within a day of his arrival, according to prison sources.

Nay Myo Oo, a resident of the village of Nabu in Mandalay’s Taungtha Township, was transferred to the prison on the afternoon of October 3 to serve a one-month sentence for drunk and disorderly conduct.

Soon after his arrival, however, he was viciously beaten by four officials, according to an inmate of the prison.

In a letter received by Myanmar Now from a source close to the prison, the inmate claims that the officials—Thant Zin Maung, Win Myat Ko, Nay Zaw and Thiha Naing—inflicted multiple injuries on the victim when they ganged up on him.

When Nay Myo Oo was found dead the next day, a prison warden named Myat Kyaw Thu ordered officials to state that he had choked to death on his own vomit, the letter adds.

An officer of the Monywa Township People’s Strike Committee familiar with the incident confirmed the details of the letter’s account.

“The prison authorities beat him up for his drunken behaviour and for running around in his cell,” said the officer, adding that Nay Myo Oo was denied medical treatment despite his injuries.

According to the officer, the victim had broken bones, was bleeding from his eyes and mouth, and was also struggling to breathe.

A prison officer stands guard at the main entrance of Shwebo Prison in early May 2019 (EPA)

In August, hundreds of political prisoners were transferred to Myingyan Prison from Mandalay’s Obo Prison and Monywa Prison in Sagaing Region. Many have been singled out for abuse, dissident sources have reported.

Zin Min Htet, the chair of the Monywa Student Union, is said to have been beaten unconscious inside the prison for refusing to cut his hair or “sit in position” as ordered by prison authorities. Another student leader was also attacked for attempting to protect him, sources reported.

Besides being subjected to various forms of torture, Myingyan inmates are also reportedly forced to do hard labour and pay bribes to officials.

Dr. Myint Naing, the ousted chief minister of the Sagaing Region, is among the prison’s political detainees.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been denied permission to visit Myanmar’s prisons since last year’s coup.

“They don’t care about the ICRC,” said one activist, referring to prison authorities. “They openly say that international organisations don’t matter anymore.”

The families of prisoners say that many detainees are transferred to remote locations to make it more difficult for them to maintain contact and provide care packages.

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