Burmese Refugee Recalls Atrocities Witnessed in Prison at 15 Years Old

Burmese Refugee Recalls Atrocities Witnessed in Prison at 15 Years Old
Htey Win in Stanton, Calif., on Dec. 8, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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“I was sent to prison before puberty even hit my life,” Htey Win, 62, of Baldwin Park, California, told The Epoch Times. “And it was the most infamous prison in all of Burma.”

In 1974, Win, who was barely 15 years old, was sent to Insein Prison in the city of Yangon, Burma (also called Myanmar), after she was arrested by the Burmese Army for speaking against inefficacies in the government during a strike that she attended.

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John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.
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