People close to the prison say that President U Win Myint has been transferred to Taung Nu Prison
2023 from Nay Pyi Taw, where President U Win Myint was previously detained. Sources close to Taung Ngu Prison told RFA that he has been transferred to Taung Ngu Prison since January 14.
Security has been tightened at Taung Ngu Prison since January 14, and U Win Myint arrived at the prison on the same day.
2022 Construction started in December 2023. A person close to Taung Ngu Prison told RFA that they are in the new prison building that was completed in early January.
“I heard that he is being kept in a new dormitory that has already been built. The security force is not the same as before. On Friday, the warden arrived. It is possible to come to see the condition of the prison. Then on Saturday, the army, The police force. To this day”
RFA’s source close to the NLD confirmed that U Win Myint was transferred to Taung Ngu Prison on January 14th.
A person close to President U Win Myint’s legal team said that he only knew that he was in Naypyitaw until January 16 because he only sent the letter to a police station in Nay Pyi Taw that was set to send the letter to U Win Myint until January 16.
RFA contacted Deputy Director General U Naing Win by phone to find out more about the matter, but there was no response.
President U Win Myint in 2021 when the military coup d’état. He was arrested on February 1 and sentenced to 12 years in prison for eight cases.
State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for 19 cases and is still in Nay Pyi Taw Prison, according to people close to the prison.
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