Two political prisoners have died in junta-controlled prisons since Saturday, according to their family members and prisoners’ rights advocates.
Nay Lin Htike, 41, was a former journalist who died of stage 4 throat cancer on Sunday in Yangon’s Insein Prison, his wife told Myanmar Now. Despite receiving treatment both inside and outside prison, his health deteriorated rapidly.
Recently, prison authorities informed the family in a letter that his cancer had reached its most advanced stage, the family member added.
“The letter mentioned that the cancer had spread to his throat and lungs,” his wife said.
Nay Line Htike’s body was removed from the prison yesterday and taken to Yayway Cemetery, where a cremation is scheduled for August 1.
Nay Lin Htike had worked as a reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma until 2021.
The military arrested him at his home in Yangon in. . .
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