Policemen were arrested for their opinions

DVB (August 18,2003)

Six policemen were dismissed and sent to one year imprisonment with hard labour for expressing their dissatisfaction with the Tabayin incident on 30 May.
In June, some policemen from Khamaunggyi police station, Kawthaung Township, discussed loudly and openly their opinion when they were drunk.

“Although senior police officers warned them, they talked back instead of being quiet,” said some local residents. “As a result, they were detained on 13 June and the police tribunal heard the final hearing on 3 August and dismissed them from services.”

Although there have been some reports about the dissatisfaction with the Tabayin incident on 30 May among the police and the defense services, it is the first time that someone have been charged and punished.

Another similar accident happened on 5 August. Military intelligence personnel arrested Ko Yu Lwin from Monywa, for participating in the 30 May incident and his mother Phwa Tin.

Those dismissed from police services
- Thein Win (the Police Superintendent)
- Tin Tun (Sergeant, Police Corporal)
- Khin Maung Win (Police Privates)
- Zaw Zaw (Police Privates)
- Zaw Zaw Aung (Police Privates)
- Myo Zaw Oo (Police Privates)

According to our source, authorities are planning to transfer them from Kawthaung to Mergui jail.