Myanmar Junta Scraps Charges Against Pro-Military, Ultranationalist Party Bosses
Michael Kyaw Myint. / Michael Kyaw Myint’s Facebook Daw Moe Moe Khaing. / Daw Moe Moe Khaing’s Facebook
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By The Irrawaddy 20 May 2021
Myanmar’s State Administrative Council (SAC), the military regime’s governing body, has released two pro-military ultranationalists who were arrested under the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) administration for sedition in late January, just before the coup.
Michael Kyaw Myint, the general secretary of the ultranationalist Yeomanry Development Party (YDP), and Daw Moe Moe Khaing, a central executive committee member of the YDP, said on Facebook that charges against them were withdrawn at the instruction of the SAC on Tuesday.
Buddhist Nationalist Protest Prompts Calls to Take Action for Breaching COVID-19 Restrictions
Buddhist nationalists protest in solidarity with Myanmar’s military in Yangon on Monday. / The Irrawaddy
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By Zaw Zaw Htwe 29 December 2020
Yangon – Yangon residents have called on the government to take action against the organizers of a Buddhist nationalist march which defied COVID-19 restrictions.
More than 200 nationalists, including Buddhist monks, joined a protest in solidarity with Myanmar’s military and to condemn the handling of the Nov. 8 general election. The march was led by Daw Moe Moe Khaing, central executive member of the Yeomanry Development Party, which was established by Michael Kyaw Myint, a Buddhist nationalist.