State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint are reportedly facing charges and they have been remanded in custody, say reports posted on social networks.

The letter of remand is going on viral on Facebook. 

Aung San Suu Kyi is facing a charge under the Export and Import Law while Win Myint is facing a charge under the Natural Disaster Management Law. Dakhina District Court in Nay Pyi Taw had given them 14 days of remand from February 1 to 15, according to the Facebook post of Kyi Toe, member of the central information committee of the National League for Democracy. 

Any confirmation could not be received despite contacts with the police force concerned.  

According to the remand letter spreading on Facebook on February 3, Aung San Suu Kyi was charged under Section 8 of the Export and Import Law. On February 1, a team led by a major from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) in Nay Pyi Taw searched the house of the State Counsellor (No.A, Myanan Bontha Street, Zeya Theikdi Ward, Zabuthiri Township, and found six Icom walkie talkies from the security team, three Icom walkie talkies from the gate security team and one walkie talkie and a set of Jumper. Those communication devices were said to be illegally imported. 

Meanwhile, Win Myint is charged under Section 25 of the Natural Disaster Management Law. The case is related to an incident on September 20, 2020. Led by District NLD chairman Min Thu, about 760 supporters went round in 220 cars and on 32 motorbikes in the Nay Pyi Taw Council area for election campaigning. On the way, the convoy stopped over the gate of the Presidential Housing and they were welcomed and waved by President Win Myint and his wife and daughter. Then, the charge has come now saying that he violated the Covid-19 prevention rules issued by the ministry of health and sports on September 9.