Labour activist arrested again by Myanmar junta forces in Yangon

Mizzima

Prominent labour activist Daw Myo Myo Aye, leader of the Solidarity of Trade Union Myanmar (STUM), was arrested by junta forces at around 9:30 pm on 25 July, according to her family and sources close to her.

This marks the second time she has been detained since the February 2021 military coup.

Her daughter, Chu Thwe, wrote on social media that a group of junta personnel arrived at their home on Nawarat Road in Yangon’s Shwe Pyi Thar Township at around 9:30 pm and took her mother away. Since then, the family has been unable to make contact with her, and her whereabouts remain unknown.

Shortly after the arrest, ten men in plain clothes, accompanied by the local ward administrator, searched the STUM office, according to a source close to the family.