Interview with Daw May Hnin Kyi’s daughter

DVB (2003 July 11)

Daw May Hnin Kyi’s daughter told the DVB how her mother was arrested as follows:
Daw May Hnin Kyi’s daughter : They came to our house at eight o’clock last night. They told her to ‘follow them momentarily for questioning’. That’s how they came to ‘fetch’ her. The MI agents who visited her regularly were among them. There were also two female police officers. They have never told us where they detained her. We learnt where she was detained only when she was released. I think that they might be detaining her at the MI-6 office.

Daw May Hnin Kyi was also detained on the 3rd of June under similar circumstance and released on the 11th. On this occasion, her health is not good and her daughter said that she is very worried about her mother. Daw May Hnin Kyi is the closest MP to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and she is often interrogated by the MI and put under house arrest. But her daughter said that she is very proud of her mother:

Daw May Hnin Kyi’s daughter : We have already expected that if we did political activities, we would be facing this kind of situation. My mother has a strong belief and all I have to do is support her from behind even if I am unable to do it myself. But I don’t feel good when they take away my mother like this. We are only worried about her health. As for the rest, the two sides are doing their jobs. As she is my mother, I want her to be released as soon as possible. When it comes to this, it is not only my mother but I also want other people to be released too.

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma, Oslo, in Burmese 1430 gmt 11 Jul 03