YANGON, OCT 25 – Myanmar authorities have arrested a former military officer and the son-in-law of a former junta leader over Facebook posts that threatened peace and stability, according to the junta.
The junta has cracked down on dissent since ending a 10-year experiment in democracy in 2021, with systematic censorship and surveillance of online speech.
“Nay Soe Maung, whose father-in-law Than Shwe led the previous junta for 20 years, has used his Facebook account to threaten peace and stability,” the junta’s information team said in a statement yesterday.
He was arrested in the second city of Mandalay last Wednesday, the statement said, without mentioning the Facebook post that had led to his arrest.
The statement added that Nay Soe Maung had been charged without specifying under which law.
Earlier this month he posted about the death of a prominent member of the disbanded National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
The junta will continue to take action against people who make online propaganda including threatening peace and stability in the country,” the statement said.
– AFP
