ျမန္မာမြတ္စလင္မ္မ်ားႏွင့္ရုိဟင္ဂ်ာမ်ားနယူးေယာက္ၿမဳိ႕ကုလသမဂၢရုံး ခ်ဳပ္ႏွင့္အျမဲတမ္းကုိယ္စားလွယ္ရုံးေရွ႕ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းစြာဆႏၵျပ

Rakhine State, western Burma -
Two death row inmates transferred to a prison in the state's capital

June 20, 2012


Mahmoud Rauhi and Kochi, the death-row inmates of Kyaukpyu prison in Rakhine State, western Burma, were transferred to Sittwe (formerly Akyab) prison in the state's capital today.

Their transfer to Sittwe prison is attributable to the fact that there is no death row in Kyaukpyu prison, according to a local man who learned this from prison officials.

Three Rohingya Muslims - Mahmoud Rauhi (18), Kochi (21) and Htet Htet (Rasheed) (23) - were arrested for the murder of a Rakhine Buddhist woman Ma Thidar Htwe of Thapraychaung Village, Ramree Towship, Rakhine State in Myanmar, whose killing last month helped set off communal violence in which nearly 60 people died, according to the state media.

The three Muslims of the Rohingya minority were charged under Burmese Penal Code section 376 for rape, section 302 (1c) for murder and section 392 for looting properties. Htet Htet alias Rasheed committed suicide in his cell at Kyaukpyu prison.

Mahmoud Rauhi and Kochi were sentenced to death under Penal Code section 302-1 (C). The verdict was handed down on the 18th of June in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu district, according to the state-run Myanma Ahlin daily.

The two death-row inmates have the right to appeal against their death sentence to a court of higher jurisdiction within 7 days of the sentence. In the absence of an appeal against their death penalty, the two will be awaiting their execution at Sittwe prison.
Mahmoud Rauhi and Kochi, the death-row inmates of Kyaukpyu prison in Rakhine State, were transferred to Sittwe (formerly Akyab) prison in the state's capital today.

Their transfer to Sittwe prison is attributable to the fact that there is no death row in Kyaukpyu prison, according to a local man who learned this from prison officials.

Three Rohingya Muslims - Mahmoud Rauhi (18), Kochi (21) and Htet Htet (Rasheed) (23) - were arrested for the murder of a Rakhine Buddhist woman Ma Thidar Htwe of Thapraychaung Village, Ramree Towship, Rakhine State in Myanmar, whose killing last month helped set off communal violence in which nearly 60 people died, according to the state media.

The three Muslims of the Rohingya minority were charged under Burmese Penal Code section 376 for rape, section 302 (1c) for murder and section 392 for looting properties. Htet Htet alias Rasheed committed suicide in his cell at Kyaukpyu prison.

Mahmoud Rauhi and Kochi were sentenced to death under Penal Code section 302-1 (C). The verdict was handed down on the 18th of June in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu district, according to the state-run Myanma Ahlin daily.

The two death-row inmates have the right to appeal against their death sentence to a court of higher jurisdiction within 7 days of the sentence. In the absence of an appeal against their death penalty, the two will be awaiting their execution at Sittwe prison.