Irrawaddy-Oct 25
The regime is allowing families of inmates to visit them in prisons across the country again, but sources close to lawyers and the correctional department say it is uncertain whether ministers of the ousted National League for Democracy government, including jailed State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint, will be allowed to receive visitors. Prison visits by families of detainees were suspended in March 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The regime allowed visits by relatives to start again on Tuesday with some restrictions. Sources close to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said they have made formal requests to visit the jailed civilian leader, but have yet to receive a reply. The correctional department issued notices at prisons and also informed family members that prison visits could resume. Prison visits have been allowed at 40 prisons across the country—including Insein Prison in Yangon, Obo Prison in Mandalay, and prisons in Tharyarwaddy, Thayet, Magwe, Myingyan and Dawei—where many political prisoners are kept, according to the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPN-M).
One hundred prisoners are allowed to receive visits per day, and each visit is limited to 20 minutes. Visits are allowed between 8am and 2pm from Monday to Friday.
Ko Thaik Tun Oo of PPN-Myanmar said: “Only 100 inmates are allowed for visits a day.” A total of 19,610 people remain in prison since the coup and 156 of them have been sentenced to death, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/daw-aung-suu-kyi-in-limbo-as-myanmar-resumes-prison-visits-after-five-year-ban.html
