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Zomi for Federalization and Democratization of Burma
May 25, 2012, 11:34:00 PM5/25/12
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Innocent victims are punished, while those who commit crimes are not
punished. The real criminals, who hold high positions in the
Government, are free. This is what is happening in Burma. There is no
RULE of law in Burma.
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Accused Bomber in Critical Condition
By ZARNI MANN / THE IRRAWADDY| May 22, 2012 |
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Photo:
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Phyo Wai Aung has been sentenced to death for alleged involvement in
the Rangoon water festival bombing. (Photo: AHRC)
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Phyo Wai Aung, an engineer who was sentenced to death by a Burmese
court earlier this month for his alleged involvement in an April 2010
bombing that killed at least nine people, is being treated for
advanced liver cancer in Insein General Hospital, according to family
members.
“The doctors say his medical results show that he is in the final
stage of liver cancer and is suffering from ascites,” his brother Htet
Wai Aung told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday. “They say he may only have
about a month to live.”
According to his family, Phyo Wai Aung has hepatitis B and suffered
from jaundice before he was arrested. Human rights groups claim that
he was also tortured after his arrest, further complicating his health
problems.
“We told the authorities many times after he was arrested that he
needed regular treatment and should receive proper health care, but
they ignored us. If they had given him the medical attention he
needed, he would not be suffering like this now,” said Htet Wai Aung.
The family says that Phyo Wai Aung is now unable to lie down or sleep
due to severe abdominal pain, and should be transferred to Rangoon
General Hospital for further treatment.
A special closed court found Phyo Wai Aung guilty of murder and
sentenced him to death on May 8. The court also handed down several
other sentences, including life imprisonment and prison time with hard
labor, for a variety of other offenses related to his alleged role in
the bombing of a pavilion during the Burmese New Year’s water festival
on April 15, 2010.
One of the charges against him — violation of the Unlawful Association
Act — relates to allegations that he was acting in cooperation with
dissident groups based in Thailand.
As his health rapidly deteriorates, relatives of Phyo Wai Aung say
they have sent a letter to the UN’s special envoy on human rights in
Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, urging him to intervene on their behalf to
help clear his name.
“Please help us in fighting to prove that he is innocent and to get
his justice before he dies,” the letter says.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/4796
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Innocent victims are punished, while those who commit crimes are not
punished. The real criminals, who hold high positions in the
Government, are free. This is what is happening in Burma. There is no
RULE of law in Burma.
======
Accused Bomber in Critical Condition
By ZARNI MANN / THE IRRAWADDY| May 22, 2012 |
==
Photo:
7.-PWA.jpg
Phyo Wai Aung has been sentenced to death for alleged involvement in
the Rangoon water festival bombing. (Photo: AHRC)
==
Phyo Wai Aung, an engineer who was sentenced to death by a Burmese
court earlier this month for his alleged involvement in an April 2010
bombing that killed at least nine people, is being treated for
advanced liver cancer in Insein General Hospital, according to family
members.
“The doctors say his medical results show that he is in the final
stage of liver cancer and is suffering from ascites,” his brother Htet
Wai Aung told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday. “They say he may only have
about a month to live.”
According to his family, Phyo Wai Aung has hepatitis B and suffered
from jaundice before he was arrested. Human rights groups claim that
he was also tortured after his arrest, further complicating his health
problems.
“We told the authorities many times after he was arrested that he
needed regular treatment and should receive proper health care, but
they ignored us. If they had given him the medical attention he
needed, he would not be suffering like this now,” said Htet Wai Aung.
The family says that Phyo Wai Aung is now unable to lie down or sleep
due to severe abdominal pain, and should be transferred to Rangoon
General Hospital for further treatment.
A special closed court found Phyo Wai Aung guilty of murder and
sentenced him to death on May 8. The court also handed down several
other sentences, including life imprisonment and prison time with hard
labor, for a variety of other offenses related to his alleged role in
the bombing of a pavilion during the Burmese New Year’s water festival
on April 15, 2010.
One of the charges against him — violation of the Unlawful Association
Act — relates to allegations that he was acting in cooperation with
dissident groups based in Thailand.
As his health rapidly deteriorates, relatives of Phyo Wai Aung say
they have sent a letter to the UN’s special envoy on human rights in
Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, urging him to intervene on their behalf to
help clear his name.
“Please help us in fighting to prove that he is innocent and to get
his justice before he dies,” the letter says.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/4796
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