NAYPYITAW, 21 October 2021, (TON): Of the thousands of prisoners who were released on Monday as part of a mass amnesty, at least 110 have been taken back into custody, according to a rights group documenting the situation of Myanmar’s political prisoners.

In a statement released, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said that it had confirmed 110 cases of detainees who were rearrested almost immediately after they were freed by prison authorities.

The AAPP said in its statement “some prisoners were released then cynically re-arrested as soon as they arrived home. Some others were told they were on the released list, taken to the jail entrance, only to be taken back to prison in the face of additional charges."

The group added that some of those who were released on Monday have since gone into hiding to avoid being rearrested.

Media sources could not independently confirm the AAPP’s figures, but on Tuesday, it reported that an elected MP and 10 other members of the ousted ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were rearrested moments after their release from prison in Mandalay Region’s Meiktila Township.

It has since been learned that four of the detainees were subsequently released from Meiktila Police Station No. 1, while six others had new charges laid against them. The status of a woman who among the 11 rearrested NLD members was unclear at the time of reporting.