Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Amnestied NLD member reaffirms his faith in party

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by Myo Thein
Monday, 21 September 2009 11:30

Rangoon ( Mizzima) – After serving nine years in Insein Prison, Sagaing Division NLD member Monywa Aung Shin says he intends to keep following the NLD's policies.

A poet prosecuted under the Publishing Acts, he was released on September 18 after serving nine years and five months of a 21-year prison sentence.

Though he affirms he is happy to be released as part of the recent amnesty, he said he also wants to see political prisoners not part of the junta’s amnesty freed.

“On top of my happiness I would also like to see the release of the others [political prisoners remaining detained]. I am old, it is not much different for me,” he related.

Even though the director of the prison department rejects the notion that Burma’s prisons contain any political prisoners, Monywa Aung Shin maintains the penal system is still awash with those detained for their political beliefs – in Insein and elsewhere.

When asked his views on the 2010 general election, Aung Shin replied, “On the 2010 election, I don't want to make any personal comment. As a NLD member I have to follow the party’s policy.”

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