New Delhi (Mizzima) - Aung Tun, a prominent student activist, was among the prisoners released as part of the ruling junta’s amnesty to 7,114 prisoners across the country, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners – Burma.
The Thailand-based AAPP-B on Wednesday said Aung Tun, age 42, arrested in February 1998, was released on September 18 from Tharyawaddy prison, Pegu division.
Aung Tun, a central executive member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, the group led by prominent student leader Min Ko Naing, is known for his book on the history of Burmese students’ movement.
His incarceration, notwithstanding, friends and colleagues helped him to release the ‘History of Burmese Students’ Movement” in 2007. It is a collection of records of past student leaders and movements and includes secret documents of student organizations.
In 1999, he was honoured with a Hellman/Hammett grant and was made an honourary member of PEN Centres in Norway, Canberra, Australia and Canada respectively.
