Political Prisoner Profile

AAPP CASE NO.: 0013

NAME OF POLITICAL
PRISONER: Dr. Zaw Myint Maung
GENDER: Male Ethnicity: Burmese
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 December 1951 Age: 57
RELIGION: Buddhist
PARENTS NAME: U Chit Maung and Daw Myint Myint
EDUCATION: Medical degree, Institute of Medicine, Mandalay (MBBS)
OCCUPATION: Medical doctor
LAST ADDRESS: Mandalay
April
ARREST DATE: 1990 PHOTO DATE:
2008
SECTION OF LAW: Penal Code Article 122(1) and 1950 Emergency Provision Act, Article 5 (e)
SENTENCING HISTORY: 25 + 12 years
COURT HEARING:
NAME OF PRISON: Myitkyina prison
RELEASE DATE:
IMMEDIATE HEALTH CONCERNS:
According to his wife, he has suffered from peptic ulcer and piles. However, prison authorities have denied medical
treatment.
CURRENT STATUS SUMMARY:
He is in Myitkyina prison, Kachin State. Dr. Daw Yu Yu May, his wife visits him every three months.

CAREER BACKGROUND:
Dr. Zaw Myin Maung was born on December 11, 1951. He was graduated from mandalay Institute of Medicine in 1979. He
was in charge of the Yurthitgyi Hospital, Sagaing Division and worked as a Chemistry Lecturer at Mandalay University from
1983-88. His wife is also a medical doctor. They have a private clinic. He participated in 1988 democracy uprising. As a
result, the junta transferred him to Rangoon. Then, he resigned from his work and later joined the National League for
Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi. His wife continued the private clinic.

In 1990 general election, he was elected in Amarapura constituency (1). However, the junta neglected the election result.
Therefore, the MPs tried to set up the peoples’ parliament.

ARREST DETAILS:
Zaw Myint Maung was arrested for attending meetings in Mandalay in 1990 to form a provisional government. He was
charged under Penal Code Article 122(1) and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. The Election Commission dismissed him
from Parliament on 27 November 1991 and banned him from running in future elections.
In March 1996 while in Insein Prison, he and other political prisoners were sentenced to a further 12 years jail. They were
charged under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, Article 5 (e), for producing a magazine marking the 75th anniversary of
Rangoon University, and a magazine entitled New Blood Wave.
Dr. Zaw Myint Maung was also found in possession of a letter addressed to the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma, Professor
Yozo Yokota, which detailed the situation of political prisoners in Insein Prison. In relation to this second charge, he was
interrogated by MIS officers in prisoners in prison and was tortured and badly beaten. In 1997, he was moved to Myitkyina
prison, Kachin State.

DETAILS OF IMPRISONMENT:
In 1990 November, he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. He was sentenced to another 12 years in 1996.

This profile was prepared by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) on 28 April 2008.

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