Is Ko Tin Ko being imprisoned at Waibagi or treated as a patient?

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Supporters call for the release of HIV protestor
Democratic Voice of Burma
11 April 2006

A group of people living with HIV plan to write a letter to the State
Peace and Development Council calling for the release of Ko Tin Ko, who
staged a solo protest in Rangoon last week.

Ko Tin Ko, who is also living with HIV, protested outside the Dagon Centre
on April 4, demanding easier access to antiretroviral treatment for people
living outside Rangoon. He was later arrested by police and is being held
at the Weibagi contagious diseases hospital, according to a police officer
who declined to be named.

“He was given a general examination and an ultrasound check. We have sent
all the details to Kyatpyay (Naypyidaw). We have not been given orders to
release or detain him. But at the moment he is being guarded by someone in
civilian clothing during the day and by two people during the night,” the
police officer said.

Ko Tin Ko is allowed visits from his family, according to hospital staff.
One of the 20 people who are planning to write to the government to demand
Ko Tin Ko’s release, Ko Yeh Kyaw from Kyaukpandaung, told DVB the group
would also demand greater access to treatment for people living with HIV.

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