A Burmese court has postponed the trial of detained Burmese-American activist Nyi Nyi Aung, a.k.a Kyaw Zaw Lwin, to Feb.10, according to his aunt, Khin Khin Swe.
Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, Khin Khin Swe said Kyi Wynn, one of Nyi Nyi Aung's lawyers, told her that the court postponed the trial to Feb. 10 instead of making a decision on Wednesday.
“We can only pray for a positive result,” said Khin Khin Swe who met Kyi Wynn today.
“We have to be determined. We will support him [Nyi Nyi Aung] in whatever way we can,” she said, adding that Kyi Wynn said Nyi Nyi Aung is in good health.
Nyi Nyi Aung, 40, suffered torture and other ill-treatment such as beatings, kickings, denial of food for seven days, sleep deprivation and denial of medical treatment for injuries sustained during torture and detention in Insein Prison, according to international rights group Amnesty International.
Nyi Nyi Aung also went on hunger strike in early December 2009 in protest against injustices in prison, according to his relatives in Rangoon.
Nyi Nyi Aung has been detained in Insein prison since Burmese authorities arrested him at Rangoon's International Airport when he arrived on a flight from Bangkok on Sept. 3, 2009.
He was accused of using a faked Burmese identity card and illegally importing currencies into the country.
Nyi Nyi Aung, who resettled in the United States as a political refugee in 1993, returned to Burma to visit his mother, San San Tin, who is serving a 5-year prison sentence.
His cousin, Thet Thet Aung, is also in detention, serving a 65-year prison sentence for participating in the anti-government demonstrations in September 2007.
Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, Khin Khin Swe said Kyi Wynn, one of Nyi Nyi Aung's lawyers, told her that the court postponed the trial to Feb. 10 instead of making a decision on Wednesday.
“We can only pray for a positive result,” said Khin Khin Swe who met Kyi Wynn today.
“We have to be determined. We will support him [Nyi Nyi Aung] in whatever way we can,” she said, adding that Kyi Wynn said Nyi Nyi Aung is in good health.
Nyi Nyi Aung, 40, suffered torture and other ill-treatment such as beatings, kickings, denial of food for seven days, sleep deprivation and denial of medical treatment for injuries sustained during torture and detention in Insein Prison, according to international rights group Amnesty International.
Nyi Nyi Aung also went on hunger strike in early December 2009 in protest against injustices in prison, according to his relatives in Rangoon.
Nyi Nyi Aung has been detained in Insein prison since Burmese authorities arrested him at Rangoon's International Airport when he arrived on a flight from Bangkok on Sept. 3, 2009.
He was accused of using a faked Burmese identity card and illegally importing currencies into the country.
Nyi Nyi Aung, who resettled in the United States as a political refugee in 1993, returned to Burma to visit his mother, San San Tin, who is serving a 5-year prison sentence.
His cousin, Thet Thet Aung, is also in detention, serving a 65-year prison sentence for participating in the anti-government demonstrations in September 2007.
