U Khun Htun Oo, Chairman of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, is currently serving a 93 year prison sentence in remote Puta-O prison in northern Kachin State. He suffers from gout which has worsened day after day. He is serving a 93-year prison sentence for taking part in a private discussion of official plans for political transition. He is an elected Member of the Burmese Parliament and is the most senior political representative of the Shan, the largest of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities.
Today he is 66 years old. Wishing you a happy birthday U Khun Tun Oo. You are not forgotten.
This is Ko Moe Kyo from the Joint Action Committee for Burmese Affairs. He was arrested and sentenced twice for his political activities and detained for 12 years in Insein, Thayarwaddy and Pathein prisons.
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HE IS LIKE A GODFATHER TO ME. I MISS HIM SO MUCH
I AM sARKALAY
Happy Birthday U Khun Tun Oo.
I’m thinking of you and all those oppressed in Burma today.
You are not forgotten.