Myanmar political prisoners, including Wai Moe Naing, held in solitary confinement at Obo Prison without medical care

Mizzima

At least ten political prisoners including prominent Monywa strike leader and Monywa University Students’ Union chair Ko Wai Moe Naing, have been placed in solitary cells inside Mandalay’s Obo Prison and denied medical attention, according to the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM).

“The authorities deliberately separated them after beating them and have provided no treatment,” PPNM spokesperson Ko Thaik Htun Oo told Mizzima on 17 June.

Wai Moe Naing and roughly 200 other detainees were moved from Monywa Prison before dawn on 12 June. Prison‑monitoring groups say two armoured trucks, three vans and six 12‑wheelers escorted the convoy out of Sagaing Region at about 5 am. The prisoners reached Obo Prison around midday and were reportedly assaulted at the gate.