2 Political Prisoners Die of Medical Neglect in Jail

Two political prisoners died separately in the junta’s jails on Saturday due to inadequate medical care.

Ma Wut Yi Aung, a 26-year-old student activist, died in Insein prison, Yangon as a long-term result of head injuries she sustained under torture from the regime’s thugs and due to lack of proper medical treatment, activists reported.

Ko Thaik Htun Oo of the Political Prisoners Network of Myanmar (PPNM) said Ma Wut Yi Aung, who had been on the central executive committee of the Dagon University Students Union, died on Saturday night.