Citizen journalist via RFA
Monywa – a city of 370,000 people noted for food processing, cotton textiles, and ancient Buddhist temples, and the largest city in northwestern Myanmar – has seen an uptick in violence and deaths in the recent weeks of protests against the Feb. 1 military coup. At least 15 people have been killed, and more 30 protesters – many students – have been arrested, with most of the student activists charged with
defamation and incitement under Article 505(a) of the Penal Code
. RFA’s Myanmar Service spoke to Hein Zaw Win, a former student activist in Monywa, for an update on the state of play in the city.