Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RANGOON210
2009-04-07 06:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rangoon
Cable title:
POLITICAL PRISONER SU SU NWE REPORTEDLY ILL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000210
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP AND IO; PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM
SUBJECT: POLITICAL PRISONER SU SU NWE REPORTEDLY ILL
Classified By: P/E Chief Jennifer Harhigh for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000210
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP AND IO; PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM
SUBJECT: POLITICAL PRISONER SU SU NWE REPORTEDLY ILL
Classified By: P/E Chief Jennifer Harhigh for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
1. (C) Summary: The health of political prisoner Su Su Nwe
is reportedly deteriorating. We have confirmed that the
regime allowed her medical treatment by a general
practitioner but not by a specialist. The labor activist,
who suffers from a congenital heart problem, is imprisoned in
Kalay Prison, approximately 700 miles from Rangoon. She will
be visited this week by her sister. End summary.
2. (C); Further to external media reports, Su Su Nwe's
sister recently told National League for Democracy (NLD)
members that the imprisoned labor activist, herself an NLD
member, has been seriously ill for about;four weeks.; NLD
spokesman Nyan Win told us that Su Su Nwe's elder sister, Ma
Htay Htay Kyi, left Rangoon April 3 to visit the prominent
labor activist at Kalay Prison in Sagaing Division. While
there, Ma Htay Htay Kyi will also meet with her sister's
lawyer Daw Khin Htay Kywe. Nyan Win also confirmed that
authorities have permitted Su Su Nwe to receive medical
treatment outside the prison, but only from a general medical
practitioner, not a specialist. Su Su Nwe's sister is
expected to return to Rangoon on April 10; we will pursue a
meeting with her to follow up on Su Su Nwe's condition.
3. (SBU);Su Su Nwe has a congenital heart ailment and other
health problems that have been exacerbated by her
imprisonment, according to the NLD.;She was arrested on
November 13, 2007 for allegedly participating in
pro-democracy protests in August and September that year. In
November 2008 she was sentenced to 12 and a half years'
imprisonment, which later was reduced to eight and a half
years. In 2005 Su Su Nwe became one of the first Burmese
nationals to successfully bring a criminal case against
government officials when a suburban Rangoon court convicted
two local officials based on her reports of forced labor.
4. (SBU) While visiting Insein Prison in August 2008, UN
Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Tomas Ojea Quintana met
with Su Su Nwe and noted that she depends on heart medication
supplied to her by family members, most of whom live in
Rangoon. In November 2008, she was transferred from Insein to
Kalay Prison in Sagaing Division, approximately 700 miles
north of Rangoon.
DINGER
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP AND IO; PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM
SUBJECT: POLITICAL PRISONER SU SU NWE REPORTEDLY ILL
Classified By: P/E Chief Jennifer Harhigh for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
1. (C) Summary: The health of political prisoner Su Su Nwe
is reportedly deteriorating. We have confirmed that the
regime allowed her medical treatment by a general
practitioner but not by a specialist. The labor activist,
who suffers from a congenital heart problem, is imprisoned in
Kalay Prison, approximately 700 miles from Rangoon. She will
be visited this week by her sister. End summary.
2. (C); Further to external media reports, Su Su Nwe's
sister recently told National League for Democracy (NLD)
members that the imprisoned labor activist, herself an NLD
member, has been seriously ill for about;four weeks.; NLD
spokesman Nyan Win told us that Su Su Nwe's elder sister, Ma
Htay Htay Kyi, left Rangoon April 3 to visit the prominent
labor activist at Kalay Prison in Sagaing Division. While
there, Ma Htay Htay Kyi will also meet with her sister's
lawyer Daw Khin Htay Kywe. Nyan Win also confirmed that
authorities have permitted Su Su Nwe to receive medical
treatment outside the prison, but only from a general medical
practitioner, not a specialist. Su Su Nwe's sister is
expected to return to Rangoon on April 10; we will pursue a
meeting with her to follow up on Su Su Nwe's condition.
3. (SBU);Su Su Nwe has a congenital heart ailment and other
health problems that have been exacerbated by her
imprisonment, according to the NLD.;She was arrested on
November 13, 2007 for allegedly participating in
pro-democracy protests in August and September that year. In
November 2008 she was sentenced to 12 and a half years'
imprisonment, which later was reduced to eight and a half
years. In 2005 Su Su Nwe became one of the first Burmese
nationals to successfully bring a criminal case against
government officials when a suburban Rangoon court convicted
two local officials based on her reports of forced labor.
4. (SBU) While visiting Insein Prison in August 2008, UN
Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Tomas Ojea Quintana met
with Su Su Nwe and noted that she depends on heart medication
supplied to her by family members, most of whom live in
Rangoon. In November 2008, she was transferred from Insein to
Kalay Prison in Sagaing Division, approximately 700 miles
north of Rangoon.
DINGER