PPNM raises alarm over removal of 936 Rohingya detainees from Myanmar’s Insein Prison

The Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM) has voiced grave concerns after the military junta and police removed 936 Rohingya detainees, including women and children, from Insein Prison on the morning of 16 February.

According to Ko Thaik Htun Oo, a member of PPNM’s steering committee, the detainees—over 500 of whom are men – were taken away in vans at around 6 am and their whereabouts are still unknown.

“Since their families are unknown, obtaining any information about them is extremely difficult. There is a strong possibility that the Military Council is deploying them to reinforce its forces amid ongoing losses, which is highly alarming,” he said.