NLD supporter sent to prison during AI visit to Burma

DVB ( 22 December 2003 )

A NLD youth was sentenced to 4 years in prison by the Burmese military junta, the SPDC while a team of Amnesty International (AI) was investigating human rights abuses in Burma.

Ko Mya Soe (a) Ko Shwegyo a NLD member of Hlaing Township, Rangoon was charged and tried summarily within a couple of days at a court with government ‘witnesses’ and military intelligence agents and was given the sentence on 17 December.

He was one of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s bodyguards and he was taking crucial NLD responsibilities when he was arrested.

His ‘crime’ was buying a plot of land and building a house without the permission of the local authority. He was tried after paying fines and stopping the construction.

NLD supporters believe that Ko Mya Soe was framed by the local authority because of his political activities and his closeness to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.