Switzerland grants asylum to Arakan Army leader’s wife, children

MYANMAR TIMES

Swe Lei Mon 

27 Feb 2020

The wife and two children of Arakan Army (AA) leader General Tun Myat Naing have flown to Switzerland after being granted political asylum, the ethnic armed group said on Wednesday.

Khaing Thu Kha, AA spokesperson, said Ma Hnin Zar Phyu and her 11-year-old daughter and one-year-old son left Bangkok for Switzerland on Tuesday.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) arranged the asylum, he said.

“We are very thankful to the UNHCR, the friends who helped in this process, and the Thailand government, which acted humanely, not like the Singapore government,” he added.

Military Major’s Wife Killed in Explosion in N. Rakhine

The Irrawaddy
By Moe Myint 26 February 2019

Maj. Kyaw Swar and his wife Nan Moh Moh Zaw seen on their wedding day in a photo uploaded to his Facebook profile on February 9, 2019. / Facebook

 YANGON—The wife of a Myanmar military major, Maj. Kyaw Swar, who had recently arrived in strife-torn northern Rakhine State’s Buthidaung Township, was killed in an explosion at their home on Tuesday morning.