Narinjara News
Akyab, February 15
300 prisoners dispatched to Mawlamyine
200 prisoners from the Akyab prison were sent to Mawlamyine, a capital of Mon
State, by
prisoner.
The prisoners were sent by sea through the town of
the group.
The prisoner's carrier vessel, Danyawady, first traveled to Kyauk Pru from
Akyab, then on to the final destination of the Taung Gut. The prisoners were
then taken by bus from Taung Gut, across the
Mawlamyine.
Though the jail authority refused to speak openly of the move to Narinjara, a
local politician from Akyab confirmed by telephone that the facts of the
incident were true.
According to a relative of prisoner, about 50,000 Burmese Kyat in bribe money
is needed in order to avoid someone being sent to Mawlamyine for the use as a
porter in battle.
The prisoners sent to Mawlamyine are being used as military porters in the
frontline battles on the Thai-Burma border where there are currently many
gunfights between the Burmese troops and ethnic rebels. #
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