Junta sends pardoned deserters who refused to rejoin military back to prison
Authorities fear they will defect to the armed resistance, sources say.
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Authorities fear they will defect to the armed resistance, sources say.
The Political Prisoners Network- Myanmar has expressed concern about the limited number of items allowed to be sent by visitors to inmates in various prisons across Myanmar, including Myitkyina Prison, which denies prisoners sufficient food. U Thaik Tun Oo, a member of the steering committee of the afore-mentioned network, informed the Myitkyina News Journal that the food
Family members believe that transfers are an excuse to execute the prisoners without accountability.
Political prisoners had protested after guards beat an inmate found with a mobile phone.
Junta says those being freed include a former British ambassador and an Australian economic advisor to Suu Kyi.