Prominent Protest Leader Escapes Arrest by Myanmar Junta
Ko Tayzar San at a protest on April 14 in Mandalay.
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By The Irrawaddy 20 April 2021
One of Myanmar’s most prominent anti-regime protest leaders has escaped arrest after junta security forces failed to capture him at his home on Monday.
Soldiers and police some in plainclothes arrived at Ko Tayzar San’s apartment in Mandalay and forcibly entered by smashing down the door.
The protest leader was not there at the time of the raid as he has been in hiding elsewhere.
The failed attempt to detain the 32-year-old comes a few days after the regime seized another protest leader Ko Wai Moe Naing in Sagaing Region’s Monywa. His mother said she has lost contact with her son since then and is worried about his safety.
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Myanmar security forces on Thursday 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 the Feb. 1 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 shows of defiance.
MYANMAR’S security forces opened fire on protesting health workers today and arrested leading figures of the movement against the February 1 military coup, which has suffered more than 700 deaths since the junta seized power.
Wai Moe Naing was reportedly taken into custody after being rammed off his motorbike as he led a rally in the town of Monya, 435 miles north of the largest city Yangon.
Footage showed a black car careering into a convoy of motorcycles and abducting the 25-year-old, who has emerged as one of the most prominent figures of the protest movement.
Fellow protest leader Tayzar San vowed that they would not be deterred by the crackdown.
Myanmar security forces arrested on Thursday 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.