High-Profile Ethnic Rakhine Political Prisoners Among Those Freed to Mark Myanmar Union Day
Dr Aye Maung in 2014 / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 12 February 2021
YANGON Prominent ethnic Rakhine politician Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung, who were sentenced to long jail sentences for high treason, were freed on Friday as part of the military regime’s release of inmates, including political prisoners, to mark Union Day.
Their relatives confirmed to The Irrawaddy that the two were released from Insein Prison in Yangon at around 11 a.m. on Friday.
“Dr. Aye Maung and Ko Wai Hin Aung have been released. I have spoken with Dr. Aye Maung directly over the phone,” said U Aung Than Wai, a friend of Dr. Aye Maung.
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Rakhine Campaigners Demand Myanmar Releases Political Prisoners
Rakhine Campaigners Demand Myanmar Releases Political Prisoners
Stickers are appearing in Ann Township demanding the release of elected politician Dr. Aye Maung and other political prisoners.
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By Min Aung Khine 8 January 2021
Yangon Rakhine State protesters have called for the release of prominent politician Dr. Aye Maung and other political prisoners.
Activists from across Ann Township on Wednesday evening attached stickers along roads and at the town’s central market, said resident Ko Myo Lwin.
“Dr. Aye Maung is a Lower House lawmaker elected by Ann residents. That’s why our township has started the sticker campaign to demand his release,” he told The Irrawaddy.