Family members of detained leaders of Burma’s opposition party the National League for Democracy in central Burma’s Mandalay town and Taungup town of Arakan state said they have been barred from meeting their relatives.

Authorities have stopped family members from meeting Min Aung, organizer of the Taungup Township NLD and Daw Win Mya Mya, organizer of the Mandalay NLD. They were arrested in September.

Mother of Min Aung said though she has sought permission to meet her son, authorities have kept on refusing her. She is now worried about her son’s health.

“It is more than two months now, and I have not been able to meet him. He is said to be kept at Thandwe jail. And with winter approaching it is becoming cold, so I want to give him some clothes and edibles. He is in poor health and it is really worrying me,” Min Aung’s mother told Mizzima.

Authorities picked up Min Aung on October 13 from his residence, after he returned from Rangoon. There was no explanation for his arrest and he was charged under article 296 and is reportedly kept at Thandwe prison in Arakan state.

On December 4, when Aung Min’s wife approached the prison authorities to allow her to meet her husband, authorities refused. However, she was able to send some clothes and food to her husband through the security guards, said Aung Min’s mother adding that they will continue to seek a meeting with her son.

Similarly, the organizer of the NLD Mandalay, Daw Win Mya Mya, who is currently detained at the Ohnbo prison in Mandalay has been barred from meeting family members.

“We are worried about her health because come winter, her old wounds that she sustained during the Depayin attack, gives her problems. All we want to know is whether she will be released or would be tried in court and be sentenced,” Daw Win Mya Mya’s elder sister told Mizzima.

Daw Win Mya Mya, who accompanied detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during her political tour in May, 2003, received severe injuries as junta-backed mobs attacked the convoy.

Authorities, without providing any reason, arrested Daw Win Mya Mya in end September, as the monk-led protests peaked.

Similar to Daw Win Mya Mya, at least eight NLD members, who are detained in Ohnbo prison of Mandalay, have not been allowed to meet family members.