Further information:
alias Thet Zaw
ARREST DETAILS: He was arrested at 9:00 pm in Minbu Township, Magwe Division by the military police on 13 June 2008 for assisting in the distribution of food and clothes in areas hit by Cyclone Nargis. He was arrested while returning from visiting his 75 years old mother, who had suffered a stroke. He was transferred to Aung Thabyay interrogation centre in Rangoon. On 15 June 2007, his wife Ma Khaing Cho Zaw Win Thint told the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), “About seven government officials from Bahan township and Special Information Division police officers came with ward authorities and searched our house yesterday evening. They seized his mobile phone, a PC, a couple of computer discs and some documents. I was not so worried when my husband was first arrested but it made me nervous that the authorities were searching our house. I asked the police officials in my house why my husband was arrested. But they just said it had nothing to do with his aid work and told me not to ask them questions.” |
