A 24-year-old female political activist was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Pathein prison special court on 30 November, the persons close to Pathein District Judicial Department.
A lawyer said, “The judge of Pathein District gave the order. The girl did not confess to the accusations of the military council at the court. She said she can be killed or imprisoned. However, she will not admit to being guilty of anything.”
The military council arrested Ma Chit Su Tun (aka) Ma Chit Pu residing on Mahabawdi road in Sanchan at No.8 ward in Pathein and opened the cases against her for allagedly funding People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), bomb explosions in Pathein Township in addition to the terrorism charge.
Ma Chit Su Tun (aka) Ma Chit Pu was allagedly charged under three sections including the section of the Counter-Terrorism Law.
The lawyer went on to explain that she was not entitled to the deduction of custody period.
Ma Chit Su Tun (aka) Ma Chit Pu is a B.Sc graduate from Pathein University. Before the coup, she actively participated in social affairs, community affairs and human rights sector.
After the military coup in 2021, she became a political activist who protested against the military coup, according to some of her close friends.
A person close to her said: ÒShe is short and small. She is a graduate. She participated in the protests like others following the coup. Now she was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.”
In June, a force with a strength of 30 soldiers and police arrested her at her home in June, 2023 by blocking the road, the residents said.
In Pathein prison, there are nearly 600 male and female political prisoners, including political prisoners who have been sentenced to death and long-term prison terms by the terrorist military council, some prison department staff said.
Sent by NMG.