A former member of the Mon State legislature who resigned in protest following the 2021 coup was arrested by military authorities in the state capital Mawlamyine on Wednesday, according to sources close to him.
Authorities detained Dr. Aung Naing Oo, 54, at the exit from Mawlamyine as he was setting out to render aid to civilians displaced by recent clashes in Mon State’s Kyaikmayaw Township.
“I heard they knew the number plate of the car he was traveling in,” a source close to Dr. Aung Naing Oo said. “They knew the car belonged to a monk. They accused Dr. Aung Naing Oo of funding resistance forces, and they took him and his entire team.”
The former lawmaker was leading efforts to. . .
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