Phoe Khwar News Today

The singer and activist, Saw Phoe Khwar, who was arrested on the first day of the coup, 1 February 2022, was released from Insein Prison on 20 May.

Reggae singer and NLD campaigner Saw Phoe Khwar was detained immediately after being released from Yangon’s Insein Prison.

The military coup and ensuing crackdown on dissent has snapped shut the limited openness of Myanmar’s decade of reform.

Most were arrested for incitement after taking part in protests in the weeks following last year’s coup d’etat.

Acting couple Eaindra Kyaw Zin and Pyay Ti Oo, actor Lu Min and model-actor Paing Takhon are among the celebrities pardoned on Wednesday.

A alleged leader of Pyu Saw Htee group, U Aung Kyi Thein (also called Saw Phoe Khwar) and his son Nga Ye (also called Ko Zaw Lin Oo) were shot dead while returning from a cockfighting ring on a motorcycle in Hlegu township, Yangon region, according to locals.

A alleged leader of Pyu Saw Htee group, U Aung Kyi Thein (also called Saw Phoe Khwar) and his son Nga Ye (also called Ko Zaw Lin Oo) were shot dead while returning from a cockfighting ring on a motorcycle in Hlegu township, Yangon region, according to locals.

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Actor and model Paing Takhon protests in Yangon in February Paing Takhon, a Myanmar actor with millions of fans in Southeast Asia, has been arrested by the military, as part of a widening crackdown on media figures in the country. The 24-year-old actor, who has openly backed Myanmars anti-coup protests, was arrested on Thursday morning in his home in North Dagon district of Yangon. Watch video 03:42 Myanmar journalist recounts escape to Thailand Paing Takhon, a popular celebrity in both My...