Journalists, writers and poets in Burma's gulag
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Journalists, writers and poets in Burma's gulag


By Committee to Protect Journalists, Burma; Information Group, The Nation, Radio Free Asia MAY, 1998 - VOLUME 6 NO.3


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During the junta’s March crackdown, Kyaw Zaw Oo, his son, was arrested and given 14 years. 


Aung Zin Min  


Aung Zin Min is a well-known poet and writer detained since early 1997.


Myat Hling


Myat Hling is a well-known poet and NLD Youth member detained since December 1991. He is serving a 15-year jail term. He participated in a peaceful demonstration  o­n the campus of Rangoon University o­n December 10, 1991,when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is now in Myingyan prison. He was a  chemistry student in his final year.


Mg Thar Manya (or) Khin Maung Soe


Mg Thar Manya is a short story writer and philosopher detained since January 1993. Accused of violating the Press Act, he is  serving a  seven-year jail term.


Zarni


Zarni is a poet and former member of the Burmese Students’ Union. He has been detained since August 1992 and is serving a ten-year jail term. He was accused of publishing documents opposed to the mili-tary's National Convention. He is now in Myingyan prison. He is a student of Rangoon University.


U Tha Ban


U Tha Ban was arrested and given a 10- year prison sentence for helping Aung Htun compile information for a book o­n  the history of the student movement. This is his second prison term under the junta. In January1991, he was arrested and sentenced to 5 years.  A member of the CEC of the United Nationalities League for Democracy party, he is a former reporter for the daily Kyay-Mon. He compiled a well-known book o­n Araken culture.


Maung Wun Tha


Detained since 1996, Maung Wun Tha was charged under Section (A) of the State Protection Law of 1975. This is his second prison term under the SPDC. He was arrested in November 1990 and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in April 1991. In April 1992, he was released from prison under the limited amnesty order 11/92. He has written several books, including a translation of Watergate. He was forced to resign as editor of the Botahtaung daily after the 1998 uprising.


Ko Aung Htun


Ko Aung Htun is an activist and historian. He is currently serving a fifteen-year sentence for documenting the history of the student movement in Burma. He suffers  badly from aesthma. His family has not been able to see him since his arrest. In 1990, he was arrested and given a 5-year prison sentence.


[Sources: Committee to Protect Journalists, Burma


Information Group, The Nation, Radio Free Asia]



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