Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar’s Myo Myo Aye and two other labour activists released from prison

The Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM) announced that its founder Myo Myo Aye, and labor rights activists Thet Hnin Aung and Thet Htar Swe, were released from Yangon’s Insein Prison on Monday. 

“Nine others who were detained with Myo Myo Aye, including her daughter, remain in detention,” the STUM shared on its official social media account. 

A total of 10 STUM members, including Myo Myo Aye and her daughter Chu Chu Thwe, were arrested in July and charged on Aug. 8 under Section 5 of the Law Concerning Recidivism, which has a maximum sentence of three years in prison if convicted. 

The 10 STUM members were also charged under Section 40 and 41 of the Organization Registration Law on Sept. 15, which has a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted. Myo Myo Aye was arrested at her home in Yangon’s Shwepyitha Township on July 25.