The health conditions of U Htway Myint, the vice-chairman of Democracy Party who has been detained unlawfully with Act 10 (a) at the clinic of Insein Jail in Rangoon is said to be deteriorating further.

From the previous week, he has been unable to eat and the ICRC had to visit him for treatments, according to his family members. When they went to see him, his situation was so bad that he was not even in the condition to speak.

Despite his serious condition, the military junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) neither shows the signs nor in the mood to release him.

Katherine Gerson of London-based Amnesty International said that U Htway Myint should be released on humanitarian ground as he is too ill and old to survive the imprisonment.

Meanwhile, the junta recently decided to continue to detain two more prisoners and elected representatives – Dr. Than Nyein and Dr. May Win Myint with Act 10 (a) and the relatives and friends of other political prisoners are worried that their loved ones could be subjected to similar action when they are about to finish serving their old sentences.