By LAWI WENG
Htay Htay Kyi, the sister of jailed Burmese human rights activist, Su Su Nway, has said she has not seen her sister for two months, because she was refused permission by prison authorities.
Htay Htay Kyi told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday that she has been prevented from visiting her elder sister, who was jailed for protesting against the government during last year’s monk-led uprising, because police had seen her going to the offices of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Rangoon.
“I tried to visit my sister in Insein prison two months ago. The authorities told me I couldn’t see her, because I had visited the ILO office,” said Htay Htay Kyi.
She said that Su Su Nway had told her to report to the ILO about her deteriorating health.
According to her sister, Su Su Nway has hypertension and heart disease. She has refused to eat prison food and her sister has been trying to take food to her every week.
Steve Marshall, a liaison officer with the ILO in Rangoon, refused to make any comment about the claim.
He did, however, say that the ILO was actively seeking Su Su Nway’s release and had recently consulted officials from the Burmese military government about Su Su Nway and other political prisoners.
In 2006, Su Su Nway won the John Humphrey Freedom award for promoting human rights.
She was arrested together with two colleagues after they pasted anti-government posters on a billboard in downtown Rangoon last year.
Su Su Nway is among other 2,000 political prisoners who are still being detained by the Burmese authorities.
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