Information Release
Date: July 20 2008

    AAPP has learned that political prisoner Khin Maung Tint (aka) Htate 
Tin Maung Maung Yar Pyae (aka) Yar Pyae, aged 46, died in Mandalay 
prison on July 18 2008.  He was suffering from tuberculosis.
    Ko Khin Maung Tint became the second political prisoner to die in 
prison in 2008, and the 137th political prisoner to die in prison 
since 1988.
    We, the members of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners 
(Burma), offer our condolences to the family of Ko Khin Maung Tint 
(aka) Ko Yar Pyae.

Brief Biography of Ko Khin Maung Tint:
    Ko Khin Maung Tint (aka) Ko Yar Pyae started participating in 
pro-democracy activities at the time of the popular uprising in 1988. 
He continued his work after the military coup in 1988 by contacting 
the All Burma Student Democratic Front (North) (ABSDF-North), and 
collecting and sending information about political activities.
    In around 1992, he joined the ABSDF (North).  However, he was 
mistakenly accused by that group of being a government spy, and was 
detained and severely tortured. He eventually escaped from the ABSDF 
(North) and returned to Mandalay.
    Ko Khin Maung Tint later resumed his political activities and 
tirelessly worked for human rights and democracy. He was arrested by 
military intelligence in 1998 and imprisoned for 20 years under 
Article 124 of the Penal Code (Sedition).


The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)

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