Aung San Suu Kyi in good health under house arrest, says NLD, as teachers join civil disobedience
06 February, 2021
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health under residence arrest after appearing detained in Monday's military coup, her National Group for Democracy (NLD) press officer said on Friday (Feb 5).
"We've learnt that Express Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is normally on good health (in Naypyidaw)," press officer Kyi Toe said on his official Facebook web page.
"So far as I know, she's under property arrest," he told AFP.
Aung San Suu Kyi is not seen in open public since Monday. Law enforcement have filed charges against her for illegally importing and applying six walkie-talkie radios bought at her home.
The NLD on Friday also threw its support behind a civil disobedience campaign and said it would help persons who are arrested or sacked for opposing this week's coup.
In a statement on the official NLD Facebook site, the party denounced the coup and Aung San Suu Kyi's detention as "unacceptable" and said it had a duty to supply help those penalised for opposing the military takeover.
TEACHERS JOIN PROTEST
Teachers on Friday became the latest group to join a civil disobedience plan, with some lecturers refusing to do the job or perhaps cooperate with authorities found in protest against the military's seizure of electric power.
The civil disobedience campaign started among medical employees immediately after Monday's coup but has since pass on to add students, youth groups and some workers in both state and private sectors.
Wearing red ribbons and supporting protest signals, scores of lecturers and teachers collected before campus buildings by the Yangon University of Education.
Teachers from Yangon University of Education react with a good three-finger salute while holding signs as they be a part of demonstration against the army coup found in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 5, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)
"We don't prefer this military coup which unlawfully seized ability from our elected government," stated lecturer Nwe Thazin Hlaing.
"We are no longer going to use them. We want the armed service coup to fail," she added, surrounded by different staff who organized organized three-finger salutes, now used by many protesters in Myanmar.
The salute - three fingers pointing up with palm from the body - is due to the Hunger Games movies, however in recent years, it has been adopted by anti-government protesters in Asia.
One employee estimated that 200 of the 246 staff in the university joined the protest.
"We try to halt the administration program. We are actually holding a peaceful strike," explained another lecturer, Honey Lwin.
A teacher from Yangon University of Education taking part in a demonstration against the military coup looks at crimson ribbons in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 5, 2021. (Picture: REUTERS/Stringer)
There have been also reports of an identical protest at Dagon University in Yangon.
"As a citizen, I cannot accept this army coup in all," lecturer Win Get Maw told AFP. "We must resist this dictatorship."
Marching about the university's compound, learners chanted "Long live Mom Suu" and carried warning flag, the color of the NLD.
"We will not let our generation suffer under this kind of armed service dictatorship," said Min Sithu, students.
A large number of employees from several federal government ministries found in Naypyidaw also posed for group photographs wearing crimson ribbons and flashing the democracy symbol.
Hours before Friday's university protest, Win Htein, an integral aide to Aung Sang Suu Kyi, was arrested in his daughter's property, said Kyi Toe, the NLD press officer.
Win Htein, among the leaders of National Little league for Democracy party, finds the opening ceremony of the 21st Century Panglong meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on May 24, 2017. (Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun)
The 79-year-old NLD stalwart, considered Suu Kyi's right-hand man, has spent much time stretches in detention for campaigning against armed service rule.
Before his arrest, Get Htein told local mass media the military putsch was first "not smart", and called on people in the united states to "oppose just as much as they can".
In line with the Assistance Association meant for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a Yangon-based group that monitors political arrests in Myanmar, a lot more than 130 officials and lawmakers have been detained with regards to the coup.
Telecom services in the country have already been ordered to trim usage of Facebook, the main method of communication and accessing the Internet for millions of people in Myanmar.
"HOPE BROKEN"
With Facebook stifled, more Myanmar persons have moved to Twitter in recent times or started using VPN companies to bypass the blockade.
A so-called Civil Disobedience Motion has gathered steam on the net, calling on the general public to tone of voice opposition every evening by banging pots and clanging cymbals to show their anger.
People hit pots during a night time protest against the army coup found in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 4, 2021. (Image: REUTERS/Stringer)
"I feel our hope is broken by the army after they seized power," said food vendor Thazin Oo, whose mobile phone case has a good image of Suu Kyi.
Up to now, at least 14 activists and prominent pro-democracy statistics have already been arrested, according to AAPP.
The nephew of filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi - who has previously been jailed for criticising the military - confirmed on Friday his outspoken uncle have been picked up on the morning hours of the coup.
"I wonder they arrested all dissidents who could show the right information to the general public," said Kaung Satt Naing.
People make noise throughout a nights protest against the army coup found in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 4, 2021. (Image: REUTERS/Stringer)
Police in Mandalay, Myanmar's second major city, detained a lot more than 20 persons for banging pans and pots. These were sentenced on Friday to a week in prison for violating a open public disorder law.
Another four university learners from Mandalay, arrested at a tiny rally were charged in Friday for protesting without permission and breaking coronavirus guidelines.
As they were escorted out of courtroom in chains, they flashed a defiant three-finger salute to the ready media.
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