Prominent Anti-Regime Protest Leader Run Over, Dragged Away by Myanmar Junta Forces
Ko Wai Moe Naing at an anti-regime protest in Monywa.
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By The Irrawaddy 15 April 2021
A prominent anti-regime protest leader in Monywa, Sagaing Region was beaten and dragged away by junta forces after having his motor scooter rammed on Thursday afternoon.
Ko Wai Moe Naing was detained after regime forces drove a large vehicle head-on into a group of motor scooters carrying him and other anti-regime protesters. After being violently knocked to the ground, witnesses said the 26-year-old was beaten and dragged away.
Since anti-regime protests broke out in early February in Monywa, a business hub on the eastern bank of the Chindwin River and the largest city in Sagaing Region, the Muslim man had been at the forefront of the rallies.