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Myanmar Junta to Try Senior NLD Member U Win Htein in Prison
U Win Htein.
By The Irrawaddy 7 May 2021
Leading National League for Democracy (NLD) member U Win Htein will be tried on sedition charges at a court inside Naypyitaw Prison.
At a court hearing on Friday at which U Win Htein was set to testify, the judges said that the Supreme Court of the Union has ordered that the senior NLD member be tried at a separate court in Naypyitaw Prison on May 14 in order to facilitate his trial. Previously, the case was being heard via video at the Dekkhinathiri District Court.
Civilian Sues Mynamar Police Over Wrongful Arrest in Sensational Toddler Rape Case
The case has been filed by Ko Aung Gyi, who was arrested in May 2019 by the police only to be released by a court in December 2019 due to a lack of evidence.
Photo: Reuters
New Delhi: For the first time in nearly six decades, according to a news report in
The Irrawaddy, a civilian in strife-torn Mynamar has filed a case against the Myanmar Police Force for wrongfully detaining him for about six months.
The case has been filed by Ko Aung Gyi, who was arrested by the police last year on the charge of raping a toddler at a pre-school in Naypyitaw where he was employed as a driver. The case had created a sensation across Myanmar. Dubbing the victim as âVictoriaâ on social media and on banners, many took to the streets to demand justice.