Posted on 06/11/2005 11:14:38 PM PDT by ZayYa
A court in Rangoon rejected and closed the case of Aung Hlaing Win who was killed at a military intelligence interrogation centre.
Mayanggone Township court, on 10 June, declared that the death of Aung Hlaing Win was an “ordinary” one and closed the case, causing disgruntle among the remaining relatives of Aung Hlaing Win.
His corpse was never returned to the family as the authorities cremated it secretly. Although a doctor testified at the court that the victim bodies bore signs of tortures, the court insisted that Aung Hlaing Win died from “natural” cause with illness and diseases he suffered before the detention.
Aung Hlaing Win, a youth member of HLaing Township National League for Democracy (NLD) was arrested by four intelligence agents in civilian clothing, on 1 May while he was having a meal at a restaurant.
On 10 May, an army officer notified his family that he died from heart attack during the interrogation. When the family asked him to return his corpse, the officer told them that he had already been buried and offered them 100,000 kyat in an attempt to gag them. The family declined the offer and reported the case to the local police station, leading to a hearing at the court.
U Aung Thein, NLD legal advocate, who has been helping the family vowed to fight on by other legal means available.
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