Maungdaw,
Arakan State: Dr. Tun Aung was transferred to Sittwe prison and
his trial is still continuing for the remaining charges, said a
relative of the victim.
Dr.
Tun Aung is a 65-year-old medical doctor who is also a chairman of
the Islamic Religious Affairs Council of Maungdaw,Burma. He was
arrested and accused of fuelling the communal riots in his hometown:
Maungdaw, Rakhine State. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison and
also charged with six other different counts including under the
Myanmar Wireless Telegraphs Act for having a mobile phone with a SIM
card from Bangladesh.
Dr.
Tun Aung is a respected community leader who has been arrested and
jailed for political reasons. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison
under the Section 24 (1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act for
having 100 Chinese Yuan in his wallet, which was given to him by his
daughter as a present.
He
was arrested in June 2012 as part of the Burmese government’s
efforts to arrest and detain Muslim community leaders to stop them
from talking to international observers and journalists said a fried
of the victim.
He
is suffering from pituitary tumor and needs regular medication but he
has been denied medical treatment. He is being kept in a small prison
cell with no sanitation and ventilation. His family members are
gravely concerned about his health but they are not allowed to visit
him in prison.
The
military-backed government in Burma still continues to use torture
and arbitrary arrest against its civilians despite carrying out a
limited reform process in the country, according to Anna, Burma
Campaign UK.
Source
KPN
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