Two detained in Bago Region’s Paungde for alleged anti-regime activities

By DMG 04 Feb 2022

DMG Newsroom
4 February 2022, Yangon 

A local Development Affairs Committee staffer accused of joining the civil disobedience movement (CDM) and an alleged anti-regime activist were arrested by junta forces late on February 3 in Paungde town, Bago Region. 

Ko Sin Pauk, the municipal staff member, has reportedly been a CDM participant since shortly after the coup last February. 

Junta forces arrived at his home while he was watching TV with his family and he was arrested after having his phone seized, a source told DMG. 

A young woman from Paungde’s Bwe Pin Kan ward, meanwhile, was taken from her home by junta forces on Thursday evening, residents said. She was arrested after uploading posts to social media expressing anti-regime sentiments, said a family member. 

They have been detained at Paungde Myoma police station, said a source living in the compound for Development Affairs Committee personnel. 

Several arrests have been reported nationwide in the aftermath of the protest against Myanmar’s military regime, which was observed by millions of people on Tuesday. 

Ahead of the protest strike, members of the junta distributed leaflets warning people in some Arakan State townships to refrain from participating in such activities. The leaflets threatened that those involved in anti-coup activities would be prosecuted under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law, and Sections 124(a) and 505 of the Penal Code.