BAGO DIVISION – Ko Thaik Tun Oo, the steering committee of the All Myanmar Political Prisoners Network (PPNM), said that Ko Myo Min Oo, a political prisoner who was imprisoned in Daik-U Prison in Bago Province passed away because he did not receive adequate basic health care while in prison.
It is reported that although Ko Myo Min Oo suffered from the stone urinary path disease while he was imprisoned in Daik-U Prison, the prison superintendent and prison hospital doctor Thaik Htwe did not provide adequate health care to Ko Myo Min Oo, who was suffering from the disease, and he died on January 10th.
Ko Thaik Tun Oo said that the Department of Prisons needs to take action as soon as possible to our group’s monthly requests to prevent deaths due to inadequate health care in prisons. These requests include to fully accept foreign medicines sent by family members, to have enough medicine in the prison, to provide adequate health care to sick and injured patients in prisons and to transport important patients to the hospital outside the prison in a timely manner.
Ko Myo Min Oo was arrested by the terrorist army on October 17, 2022. He was imprisoned in Insein Prison under Sections 51(c) and 52(b), and after being sentenced on May 31, 2024, he was transferred from Insein Prison to Daik-U Prison.
Ko Myo Min Oo did not receive adequate health care in Daik-U Prison and was taken to Bago Public Hospital on December 26 when he had a seriously ill from stone in the urinary path. He passed away on January 10th, according to the Myanmar Political Prisoners Network (PPNM).
“Until today, as long as the Department of Prison does not implement positive changes, there is no guarantee of the lives of the prisoners and the death rate of political prisoner will continue to be high,” said Ko Thaik Tun Oo.
