Mam Sonando Plea for Outside Medical Treatment Unanswered
Four days after requesting permission to get medical treatment outside prison, jailed radio station owner Mam Sonando, who Amnesty International considers “prisoner of conscience”, has yet to receive a reply from prison officials, an associate said yesterday. On Thursday Mr. Sonando requested outside medical treatment for severe diarrhea and breathing difficulties, but has had no response, said Huon Pannary, secretary-general of Mr. Sonando’s NGO, the Association of Democrats. … Kuy Bunsorn, general director of the Interior Ministry’s prisons department, said he was not aware of any such request, but that if the request were to reach him, he would deny it nonetheless. …
