Because of a back injury sustained when he fell, he was unable to appear at hearings on July 14 and July 21.
 
“The last time we saw him was July 7 at a hearing. At lunchtime, he was not able to sit so he lay on his back. Although he was receiving medical treatment, there’s been no improvement,” his wife, Zin Myo Maw, told Mizzima.

“If he does not receive good medical treatment, he could suffer from paraplegia so we are very worried,”  Zin Myo Maw said. She said that the last time she visited the prison her husband was not able to meet with her because of the injury.
 
According to an X-Ray, one of his lumbar vertabrae bones was cracked and the doctor said that he needed to have a CT scan and medical treatment from a specialist, Nay Myo Zin told his family on July 7.
 
Nay Myo Zin applied for bail to get medical treatment at a special clinic outside the prison, but the court refused the request on July 14. Hla Myint, his lawyer, said that the prison hospital refused to give the medical records to Nay Myo Wai, and the court cited that in not granting him bail.
 
“We found that non-political prisoners could get their medical records.  We did not receive the medical records, so we asked for the prison doctor to testify at court but the court rejected our plan. It is unjust,” Hla Myint said.
 
He sent an appeal letter to the Directorate of Prison on July 21, saying Nay Myo Zin needed to receive medical treatment outside the prison.
 
Nay Myo Zin was arrested on April 2 under the Burmese Electronics Act for sending an e-mail to a friend in a foreign country about “national reconciliation,” according to family members. In Burma, the Electronics Act does not allow the defendant to be granted bail.
 
Nay Myo Zin, 35, resigned from the army as a captain in 2005, after serving nearly 10 years. He was an active volunteer in a blood donation group affiliated with the National League for Democracy and a social group that gives help to storm victims.