Naw Ohn Hla severely injured in car accident

by Mizzima News

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:00

New Delhi – A prominent Burmese political activist Naw Ohn Hla was severely injured in a car accident on Monday afternoon and is admitted to the Rangoon General Hospital (RGH) Emergency Ward, a fellow activist said. Naw Ohn Hla, who regularly held prayer meetings on Tuesdays for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, was severely injured in a car accident and was reportedly admitted as in-patient at RGH Surgical Ward, at about 4 p.m. on Monday.  "She was severely injured in the head and received 17 stitches. And her left collar bone and rib bone is broken. She was brave enough to talk to NLD members who visited her at the hospital," a member of Burma's opposition party – National League for Democracy - who visited her, told Mizzima.  According to the fellow activist, who took her to the hospital, Naw Ohn Hla was traveling on a Toyota Hylux light truck, Pa/8679, which is used as public bus on the Taikyi-Rangoon bus Route, at about 2 p.m. on Monday. She was heading to Aung San village in Hmawbe Township in Rangoon division for her usual Tuesday prayer meeting and to offer Waso robe and alms to the monks for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. But the unfortunately, the bus overturned before reaching Aung San village, her fellow activist said. Naw Ohn Hla and another passenger are currently treated as in-patients at RGH Emergency Ward. Five other passengers received minor injuries and a nurse is in a critical condition.  Since 2004 July, she has visited Shwedagon pagoda and prayed for the release of all political prisoners including pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.  After taking part actively in the saffron revolution in September 2007, she was barred from going outside Hmawbe Township. She had been receiving physiotherapy for her joint pain but could not continue after the authorities imposed restriction on her movement. She was on her way to Shwehmawtin pagoda in Aung San village to observe the 4th anniversary of her Tuesday prayer meeting and to offer alms and robes to the monks.  The scheduled alms and robe offering ceremony was done by her colleagues on Monday as she could not attend after the accident. < Prev   Next >