Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) arrested a former National League for Democracy (NLD) lawmaker wanted for rape on Wednesday, according to a resistance source in Sagaing Region.Myint Zaw Oo, who was elected to the Sagaing Region legislature in 2020 as the NLD candidate for Kanbalu Township, is accused of sexually assaulting female prisoners in 2023 while serving as a leader of Kanbalu’s local resistance administration.He had previously evaded arrest in January of this year, when two other officials facing related charges—prison officer Aung Zay Ya and police station chief Ye Yint—were apprehended.“We weren’t able to arrest him at that time because we didn’t have a warrant. By the time it was issued, he had gone into hiding,” said a member of a resistance defence team involved in making the arrest.According to the source, the fugitive former lawmaker, who is also. . .
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