January 1 (NMG): Burmese military intelligence celebrated ‘New Year’ with arrest of ten members of opposition including NLD members (National League for Democracy), a statement of DPNS (Democratic Party for a New Society) said today.

Most of opposition members who were arrested by the military intelligence on 22nd December are members of NLD Mandalay, said secretary of information department of DPNS Htut Hlaing Oo after having confirmed by relatives of oppositions in Mandalay.

“The relatives of opposition members told me the military intelligence arrested the opposition members on 22nd December and kept in unknown place,” Htut Hlaing Oo Said.

Some say they were arrested in connection with Depeyin incident while others say they were involved in underground anti-government activities.

The military government does not make official clarification on the arrests nor states where these opposition members are kept.

The opposition members who were arrested on 22nd December were Ko Win Kyi, Ko Than Win, Ko Hla Oo, Ko Hla Soe, Daw Hnin Pa Pa, Ko Aung Aung, Ko Myint Oo and three others and all of them are residents of Mandalay and upper Burma . Dissidents in Thai-Burma border have confirmed that among ten oppositions, Ko Win Kyi, Ko Hla Oo, Daw Hnin Pa Pa and Ko Myint Oo are members of the National League for Democracy (NLD).