The move follows revelations in March of widespread human rights violations in Myanmar’s jails, with political prisoners the victims of abuse by prison authorities.
The regime’s spokesman confirmed the 77-year-old democracy leader has been moved to a prison from house arrest.
Sean Turnell, who was an adviser to detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is charged with violating the country's official secrets law and faces a 14-year term.
Soldiers stationed at the controversial Wanbao copper mine in Sagaing Region are accused of slicing up two farmers.
Regime forces and the Arakan Army are seizing each other’s personnel across sprawling Rakhine State as the threat of serious fighting looms.
Fifteen months after the first People’s Defense Forces were formed, the NUG’s armed wing has made rapid progress and is becoming more like a professional army.
Locals in Sagaing Region say regime forces are firing heavy weapons at civilian targets day and night.
The 77-year-old democracy leader will likely be held in solitary confinement in the prison.
The AA in Rakhine State says it has been seizing regime police and soldiers in response to junta abductions.
Future hearings in cases brought by the junta against the ousted State Counselor, 77, will be heard in a specially built court inside Naypyitaw Prison, a source said.
Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.
© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved