E/CN.4/2001/66 page 155 against the policies of the Government. He is reported to have been openly threatened with violence on 23 February 2000 by a prison official after he tried to complain to him about the difficult conditions of solitary confinement. 780. U Win Tin, a journalist arrested in July 1989, was allegedly submitted to harsh conditions of imprisonment during his time in Insein prison. He was repeatedly severely beaten by prison guards and held in a former guard-dog kennel and kept in solitary confinement for almost a year. He was then reportedly transferred in 1997 from Myingyan jail to Rangoon General Hospital. He is still believed to be held in prison. 781. Daw San San Nwe, a journalist and writer, was reportedly arrested in August 1994, allegedly for passing information to foreign journalists, and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. In 1998 she was said to be held in a very bad health condition in Insein prison. She was said to be suffering from high blood pressure, heart problems and paralysis on the right side of her body. 782. U Myo Htun was allegedly arrested in connection with his contribution to the writing of a history of the student movement in Myanmar and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in March 1998. He was reportedly severely beaten and is being held in a poor health condition in Insein prison. 783. Ma Khin Khin Leh was reportedly arrested along with 18 others in July 1999 in Bago, in connection with her husband’s alleged activities as a pro-democracy activist. She was reportedly taken to MI 3 headquarters in Bago, before being transferred to Wakteka near Phaungyi, and then to Insein prison. After being sentenced to life imprisonment on 3 December 1999, she was reportedly transferred in January 2000 from Insein prison to an unknown location. She was reportedly tortured during interrogation, and is now suffering from lung disease. She is believed to have been denied appropriate medical treatment. 784. Moe Kalayar Oo was reportedly arrested on 20 February 1995, along with more than 50 other people, at the funeral in Yangon of U Nu, a well-known politician. She was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. She is said to have been initially detained in Insein prison, where she was reportedly held in solitary confinement because she complained about being denied medication. She is believed to be currently detained in Thayawaddy prison, Bago division. She is reported to be in a bad health condition and to be suffering from suspected osteoporosis and tuberculosis. 785. U Thein Tin reportedly died as a result of torture in February 1998 during his detention in Insein prison. 786. Aung Kyaw Moe was reportedly beaten to death during a hunger strike in Tharawaddy prison in May 1998. 787. Khin Zaw Win, who was reportedly arrested in 1994, is said to have been badly tortured in early 1996. He is believed to be held in poor health conditions.