Junta Imprisons 27 Myanmar Citizens Handed over by India

27 Women and children who had been imprisoned in India beyond the end of their sentences before being returned to Myanmar remain imprisoned by the junta in Sagaing Region’s Tamu Town.

The Indian authorities handed the 20 women and seven children over to the Myanmar authorities at the Tamu Town border crossing on 21 March. They had spent three years in Sajiwa Prison in Imphal Town in India’s Manipur State for illegally entering India. All had been illegally held in prison by the Indian authorities for one to two years beyond the end of their sentences.