Narinjara News,  November 25,2022

Three locals from Wat Khaungvillage in Myebon township of Rakhine State, arrested by the Military Council were released onNovember 23 but one of them almost immediately collapsed and fell unconscious due to theinhumane and brutal interrogations, and was hospitalized.

The three of them were arrested bythe troops of the 541st Battalion near the Myebon-Pauktaw Checkpoint on 18November, 2022.

The witness told Narinjara “ Around12:00 PM, they were released near the Min Bar Gyee neighborhood. One of them returnedto his village. Among the remaining two, one was so seriously injured thathe fell unconscious and was taken to the hospital. He got many injuries on hisback, legsand hands as the handiwork of the soldiers. He was still unconscious when Iarrived.”

The person hospitalized was KoAung Win Soe (26), son of U Nga Me Chay and Daw Aye Chay.

“I saw a lot of external injuries on his body. Bruises on hiswrists from being tied with ropes and healso had injuries on his legs. I foundknife wounds on his back. I couldn’t look closely because hewasasleep. A big drip bottle was attached to him (for intravenoustherapy).  Another person who escaped with him says that he is nowawake,”  the witness said.

Hospital officials have asked himto be discharged as soon as possible, fearing that the army will come looking for him again.

In Rakhine state those arrested bythe Military Council troops, are often suffered to inhumane tortures, which is feared by alldetainees.

Ko Kyaw Win Hlaing (32) fromMrauk-U’s Kyauk Riz Kay neighborhood was seriously injured during the brutal interrogationsby the Military Council, but because Sittwe Hospital did not accept him, he was transferred to Yangon People Hospital on July 4.

There are widespread reports thatRakhine businesspeople, philanthropists, social activists, innocentcivilians as well as monks are being arrested and inhumanely tortured during interrogationsby the Military Council troops.