Volunteer teams from Joseph Oxygen have been prevented from bringing people needing emergency medical care to the hospital after its rescue vehicles in Matupi town were seized by the Burma Army last month.
“Some patients have died because they couldn’t make it to the hospital,” a local man told Khonumthung News.
The military arrested Tun Lin Oo, chairperson of the organization, at 10 pm, April 7. Later that day, eight of its vehicles were seized. Van Nay Kein, who works with Joseph Oxygen in Matupi, was detained on April 29 and released the next day. Altogether, Burma Army arrested five people from the organization established in 2018.
Meanwhile, Burma Army has been spotted using three vehicles to patrol the small town in Chin State, the source said.
The Burma Army arrested an underage male student on May 13 for reasons unknown.
A local man said Salai Heki Sang, a first-year university student, was held in jail for one night and now at the police station waiting for questioning from Burma Army. The youth was allegedly beaten while in custody.
Five youths arrested by armed forces in early April have already appeared before three court hearings, with a fourth one scheduled for May 19.