NLD Statement 102/2000

Description: 

"...USDA chairman Aung Win and local authority chairman Tha Sein telephoned the police at Taungdwingyi and Set-thwa and reported that the Taungdwingyi NLD was organising the villagers. Police from both the stations lay in wait and arrested the NLD members on their return home and detained them at the Taungdwingyi Police station. Their families were not permitted to see them. 3. They were charged under Section 505 (b) on 26 June, 2000 for being in possession of NLD documents. NLD is a legally constituted political party and they are entitled to possess these documents. The complainants were Police Superintendent Thet Naing, and U Myo Myint, Township legal officer. The sentence was 2 years imprisonment with hard labour..."

Source/publisher: 

National League for Democracy (NLD)

Date of Publication: 

2000-07-06

Date of entry: 

2009-05-19

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Language: 

English

Local URL: 

Format: 

pdf

Size: 

26.23 KB