Prominent protest leader arrested in Myanmar
Updated / Thursday, 15 Apr 2021
14:22
Demonstrators on motorcycles flash the three-finger salute during an anti-military coup protest in Mandalay
Myanmar security forces have arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after ramming him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally, friends and colleagues said.
Opponents of a 1 February coup that ousted an elected government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi have kept up their campaign against the military this traditional New Year week with marches and various other displays of resistance.
"Our brother Wai Moe Naing was arrested. His motorbike was hit by an unmarked police car," Win Zaw Khiang, a member of a protest organising group, said on social media.