Arakan Army decries arrest of leader’s sister, husband

Myanmar Times 
Khin Myat Myat Wai  

21 Oct 2019

The Arakan Army (AA) has criticised the arrest of its leader’s sister and her ailing husband at Yangon International Airport over the weekend.

Khaing Thukha, the group’s spokesperson, said the arrest of Ma Moe Hnin Phyu and her husband, Ko Kyaw Naing, could worsen the conflict.

Ma Moe Hnin Phyu is the sister of AA chief Tun Myat Naing.

“They are not connected to the AA, and the current issue should be solved in political ways,” Khaing Thukha said, adding that the arrest had damaged the government’s reputation.

Rakhine widow says 'husband was killed for no reason'

DNA
Written By
PTI Updated: May 3, 2019,

Escalating violence between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) - who are battling for more autonomy for the state's ethnic Rakhine Buddhist community - has forced more than 30,000 people from their homes in the area in recent months.

 

Photo: PTI

The widow of a man shot dead in military custody in Myanmar's Rakhine state said her husband died "for no reason", speaking after the army killed six men on suspicion of being rebels in the restive region.