July 30 (NMG) Four members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) who involved in Depeyin Massacre were given up to 2 years in jail while other three members were put into trail at Chan-Aye-Thar-Zan court in Mandalay, said in Monday press statement of one exile Burmese opposition group Network for Democracy and Development (NDD).

U Sein Htun, a chairman of Sint Kuu township NLD along with other three members who involved in Depeyin Massacre were sentenced on July 20 with the charge of grievous and simple hurt (PC 325 and 336), the statement said.

In another scenario U Saw Htee and U Kan Htun, vice-chairman and secretary of Mandalay NLD respectively were arrested on July 18 in connection with a case of crashing wind-shield of car while Suu Kyi was visiting at Mandalay division.

Meanwhile military government on July 18 publicity announced that the junta had already released 91 people who were connected with Depeyin massacre.

In the NDD’s statement, father of Suu Kyi’s driver, Kyaw Soe Lin, who is also the treasurer of Mandalay division NLD was arrested on the way back after he visited his son at Khamti Prison and he was charged along with U Saw Htee and U Kan Htun at Mandalay court.

“In reality, the authority detained vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer of NLD Madalay division because of they esthetically helped Suu Kyi’s Mandalay trip though the government pointed out they were in connection with some form of mob attack there,” revealed by Kyaw Kyaw, president of NDD.

According to a opposition group formed in ad-hoc committee to re-visualize Depeyin Crisis, more than 90 members of Mandalay division NLD were arrested since the crisis.

However, the government never admitted how many people were arrested related to the case.

One of the residents from Mandalay said “Most of NLD member are hiding in the secret places and some of them were already arrested and it is really difficult to confirm in details of who are really arrested.”

On 30th May 2003, the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters were brutally attacked by government affiliated mob in her upper Burma organizing tour and Aung San Suu Kyi and leaders of her party had been arrested till now.

Although there has been several reports on arresting Aung San Suu Kyi’s followers, there were no report on the thuggish of junta.

Network Media Group