NLD MP rearrested by Burma junta

Mar 3, 2005 (DVB) - The elected representative (MP) of No.1, Constituency of Taunggyi Township, U Kyaw Khin who was released from prison on 3 January, was rearrested by military intelligence agents on 25 February.

Agents of ruling junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) told U Kyaw Khin to follow them as they “have something to ask him”. His family members are still not allowed to see him, according to National League for Democracy (NLD) members in Taunggyi.

“The authorities told us that he has been looked after well. They told us nothing else and we were not allowed to see him. We only learnt recently that he is still in Taunggyi, detained at an intelligence premise,” said the township NLD chairwoman Daw Than Ngwe.

Daw Than Ngwe added that U Kyaw Khin must have been mistakenly arrested in connection with the arrests of Shan leaders who held a meeting in the Shan State capital Taunggyi in early February.

U Kyaw Khin has been reacquainting himself with old party members and carrying out his duties non-stop as an MP since his release from Thayet Prison in central Burma.

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