Two protestors against UEC to be charged with peaceful assembly law

Two protestors against UEC to be charged with peaceful assembly law
Published 12 November 2020
Zeya Tun

Two people protested in front of the Union election Commission (UEC) office on November 11 after noon and were charged with peaceful assembly and peaceful procession law section-19 according to an official from the Phayarkone police station in Ottara Thiri Township.

“Two leaders who led the protest filed a lawsuit in the evening. They are Zaw Lin and Nyi Nyi aka Tun Myint Aung,” said a police official who doesn’t want to be identified.

Zaw Lin is from Dakhina Thiri Township charity group and Nyi Nyi aka Tun Myint Aung who complaint to file a lawsuit against State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for visiting party members’ houses in Shwe Kyar Pin ward in which he stated She violated rules in COVID-19 pandemic.

In the section -19 of peaceful assembly and peaceful procession law, if anyone who doesn’t report or get approval from the authority must be given a 3 month sentence or Ks.30,000 fine or both.