NMSP urges release of Mon and other political prisoners

NMSP urges release of Mon and other political prisoners

IMNA
July 17, 2007

The Mon community has urged the ruling Burmese military junta to
release Mon prisoners Nai Yekha and Nai Cheem Gakao as well as 1,100
other political prisoners languishing in jails on the 4th anniversary
of Nai Yekha's and Nai Cheem Gakao's imprisonment today.

"If the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) does not free them
we will continue to reiterate the call until they (Nai Yekha and Nai
Cheem Gakao) are released," Nai Shwe Thein, Executive Committee member
of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) said on the Thai-Burma border.

The two were arrested along with another seven people on July 17, 2003
on the accusation of conspiring to overthrow the Burmese military
regime.

Mon communities in America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Thailand
joined the families of Nai Yekha and Nai Cheem Gakao in praying for
them, the statement said on the 4th anniversary of their detention.
They were sentenced to life imprisonment because of organising and
educating people about democracy and human rights in Burma.

According to Nai Joe Yae, Central Executive Committee member of the
NMSP, Nai Yekha and Nai Cheem Gakao are extremely good cadres of the
party. The party had increased its strength because of them.

"Both are different from others because they have revolutionary
fervour," Nai Joe Yae who used to work with Nai Cheem Gakao said.

The statement said that they were imprisoned for their opposition to
the Burmese military regime and for fighting to achieve social justice
and human rights in Burma.

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