At least seven people have been arrested in Mandalay this month for criticising Myanmar’s military junta online, according to residents of the city and local media reports.
On Monday, a woman was taken into custody at a restaurant in Chanayethazan Township after reportedly complaining on social media about the recent killing of civilians by junta shelling in Thone Se Pay, a village located about five miles north of Mandalay.
“She wrote that the military was targeting civilians because it was afraid to engage in a direct confrontation with resistance forces. That’s why they arrested her,” said a resident of the township.
In photos posted on pro-junta Telegram channels, the woman, 35-year-old Aye Aye Soe, can be seen kneeling between tables at the restaurant. . .
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