SyndicationFive Detainees Missing in Arakan
8/13/2008
Five detainees who were arrested on the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Taungup are currently missing, as family members do not know where they are being detained by the authority, said one family member.
"We went to Thandwe prison yesterday to see them but the authorities at the prison denied that there are any youths from Taungup who were arrested recently," said the relative.
According to a local source, the authority brought the youths to Thandwe, a district town in southern Arakan, soon after they were arrested by police in Taungup.
"We received information from high officials that they are in Thandwe, but they are not there. Now I have heard the authority has detained them at army headquarters in Taungup. I am really worried about the reason why authorities have detained them at army headquarters," he said.
A source from the NLD youth wing in Taungup said over the phone that the authority has detained the five demonstrators at Sakhaka 5, the military Operation Command, based in Taungup.
A youth said, "We are preparing to send a letter to high officials here to request their release immediately. If no, we will be carrying out our plan to demand our colleagues' release."
The five missing detainees are Ko Moe Nay Soe, Ko Than Lwin, Ma Ni Ni May Myint, Ko Khin Maung Maung, and Ko Maung Maung Thet. They were arrested by the police on 8 August while they were marching in the streets of Taungup in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Burma.
Five detainees who were arrested on the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Taungup are currently missing, as family members do not know where they are being detained by the authority, said one family member.
"We went to Thandwe prison yesterday to see them but the authorities at the prison denied that there are any youths from Taungup who were arrested recently," said the relative.
According to a local source, the authority brought the youths to Thandwe, a district town in southern Arakan, soon after they were arrested by police in Taungup.
"We received information from high officials that they are in Thandwe, but they are not there. Now I have heard the authority has detained them at army headquarters in Taungup. I am really worried about the reason why authorities have detained them at army headquarters," he said.
A source from the NLD youth wing in Taungup said over the phone that the authority has detained the five demonstrators at Sakhaka 5, the military Operation Command, based in Taungup.
A youth said, "We are preparing to send a letter to high officials here to request their release immediately. If no, we will be carrying out our plan to demand our colleagues' release."
The five missing detainees are Ko Moe Nay Soe, Ko Than Lwin, Ma Ni Ni May Myint, Ko Khin Maung Maung, and Ko Maung Maung Thet. They were arrested by the police on 8 August while they were marching in the streets of Taungup in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Burma.
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