Advocate U Kyaw Hla Aung arrested in Sittwe
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| U Kyaw Hla Aung (Photo: IRIN) |
RB News
July 15, 2013
Sittwe, Arakan – 74-years-old advocate U Kyaw Hla Aung was arrested today at 12 pm in Sittwe, Arakan State.
U Kyaw Hla Aung’s house was in front of Lawka Nanda Pagoda in Sittwe but it was burnt down by terrorists during last year June violence. So he is now living in Thet-Kay-Pyin village. He used to work with the Netherlands based NGO named AZG as an administrative officer. Last year during the violence in Sittwe he was falsely accused and was arrested for a few weeks.
He is a prominent retired lawyer in Sittwe and all foreign delegations and diplomats used to meet him to inquire the actual situation of Rohingya refugees. And he has been targeted by the authority since the clash broke out between Nasaka and local Rohingya refugees on April 26th, 2013.
Today at 12 pm, the police officer from No. (1) Police station and two persons came to his house and arrested him without giving any reason. As he is getting old, the health condition is not so much good according to his family. And he is unable to walk when the police took him from his house.
