Burmese Police start arresting protesters

Yangon (Khonumthung News) - Myanmar Police known for their brutality have started arresting protesters in North-western Myanmar, formerly also known as Burma.

The Burmese police in a raid arrested NLD and student leaders in northwestern Burma soon after the Burma’s Religious Affairs minister warned that action would be taken on the monks unless they refrain from marching on the streets.

The police raided the houses of NLD and student leaders in Kalay at 2 a.m. today. NLD secretary U Ba Minn, member U Nyo Mya and 88 student generation members Michael Win Kyaw and Myint Tein were arrested.

“Yes, they (police) arrested them at around 2 this morning. However, we do not know yet where they are being detained. We don’t know where to inquire,” a NLD source in Kalay said.

Burma Religious Affairs Minister Brigadier-General Thura Myint Maung in the junta’s mouth piece radio warned monks not to held protests yesterday.

Though there is no crackdown on monks yet, a number of soldiers are deployed on the streets of cities and towns across Burma including Kalay.

Amidst the warning by the junta, people from all walks of life came out in support of the peaceful protests by monks. The number of protesters swelled into hundred of thousands in Rangoon and other towns in Burma, the biggest mass demonstration in Burma after people democracy uprising in 1988.

The US , EU and the international community have warned the military regime in Burma not to respond to the protestors by violent means.

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