Myanmar refugee family missing in Malaysia for last two years now reported in regime detention

Regime media reported on Friday that Myanmar refugee rights activist Thuzar Maung, 48, and her family were arrested on an unspecified date after their “illegal” return to Myanmar from Malaysia and are under investigation by police. 

This news comes over two years after Thuzar Maung, her husband Saw Than Tin Wan, and their three children; Poeh Khing Maung, Aung Myint Maung, and Thukha Maung, disappeared from their family home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 4, 2023. 

Regime media added that Thuzar Maung was charged in 2022 for violating Section 52(A) of the Counter-Terrorism Law by the Myittha Township Police Station in Mandalay Region “for providing funds and supporting the terrorist [National Unity Government].”

A warrant for her arrest was issued on Jan. 31, 2023 – six months before Thuzar Maung and her family disappeared without a trace from their family home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.