YANGON, Feb 5, 2021 (BSS/XINHUA) – U Win Htein, patron of Myanmar’s
National League for Democracy (NLD), was arrested late Thursday, an official
from the Myanmar Police Force told Xinhua on Friday.
The 80-year-old patron, who is believed to be a trusted confidant of the
party’s chair Aung San Suu Kyi, was taken to a district police station in Nay
Pyi Taw, soon after his arrival in Yangon from Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday, Kyi
Toe, a member of the party’s information committee, wrote on his social media
account earlier.
Meanwhile, President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi were
remanded in custody for violating the National Disaster Management Law and
Import-Export Law until Feb. 15, according to a senior military official.
The president and state counsellor were detained by the military, along
with other NLD officials early Monday.
The NLD recently posted a statement on its social media page demanding the
military release the detained leaders, acknowledge the results of 2020
general elections and stop any disturbances which are hindering the process
of convening the third parliamentary session.
Myanmar declared a one-year state of emergency and the state power was
handed over to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, according to the
military statement.