Some inmates from Taung Lay Lone Prison in Nyaung Shwe Township, situated in the Taung Gyi District of Shan State, are currently being transferred to different facilities by prison officials.
A lawyer with knowledge of the matter informed SHAN that a limited number of people are being transferred from March to September. "In March, a prison break transpired at Taung Lay Lone Prison. Prior to this escape, a group of political prisoners had been transferred to Insein Prison. Subsequent to the jailbreak, these individuals have been repositioned to different facilities, such as Insein Prison, Thayarwaddy Prison, and Obo Prison, in limited numbers," a lawyer with knowledge of the situation informed SHAN.
Moreover, the lawyer mentioned that individuals arrested under articles unrelated to political charges, have also been transferred to well-known penal colonies from Taung Lay Lone Prison.
Renowned penal colonies, such as Mandalay - Htone Pho Prison and Madaya Prison, are known for incarcerating individuals sentenced to hard labor and imprisonment.
A relative of one of the political prisoners informed SHAN that Ko Khaing Myint Tun, also known as Shwe Lin Thit, is among the political prisoners presently being transferred from Taung Lay Lone Prison to Obo Prison in Mandalay.
"Maw Si (Shwe Lin Thit) is among them. Additional political prisoners have received notifications through written letters, while others were personally informed. Maw Si received a 10-year sentence. I cannot confirm the identities of those who were transferred alongside him," a family member of political prisoners shared with SHAN.
Ko Khaing Myint Tun, also known as Maw Si or Shwe Lin Thit, a former reporter from a news agency situated in Shan State, was apprehended and charged under Section 51-C of the Counter-Terrorism Law while he was at his residence in Taunggyi Township.
He was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on April 5, 2022, and is currently undergoing transfer to Obo Prison in the Mandalay Region.
According to the statement of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) on September 6, a total of 4,047 people were killed in opposition to the military regime, 19,424 people were arrested, and 7,262 were sentenced to prison.
