Myanmar’s Ousted NLD Says 93 Members Killed, 1,200 Detained by Junta

By The Irrawaddy 14 June 2023

Ninety-three members of the Nationwide League for Democracy (NLD) have died by the hands of Myanmar navy junta and 1,200 others stay underneath detention, the NLD mentioned in a press release on Tuesday.

As of Could greater than 3,800 folks have been killed by the regime because the 2021 coup, in accordance with the NLD’s human rights violation documentation group.

Ninety-three of them have been NLD members, together with two MPs, it mentioned.

Seventy-seven of the 1,200 NLD get together members who stay behind bars are lawmakers, the assertion mentioned.

As of Could, the regime had confiscated the property of 625 folks, 333 of whom are NLD get together members, together with 171 lawmakers, because the coup.

The regime destroyed NLD workplaces throughout the nation, together with the get together headquarters in Yangon, and seized its property nationwide, in accordance with the assertion.

Myanmar’s navy seized energy from the democratically elected NLD authorities in a coup on February 1, 2021, citing alleged fraud within the 2020 normal election. It dissolved the get together on March 28, 2023.

Get together chief Daw Aung San Suu Kyi faces a complete of 33 years in jail. She is being held in Naypyitaw Jail.

The regime has additionally destroyed or broken practically 54,000 homes because the putsch, in accordance with the NLD’s human rights violations documentation group.

Information for Myanmar, a gaggle documenting the junta’s atrocities, mentioned that greater than 70,000 homes had been torched by the regime as of Could 31.

Help Affiliation for Political Prisoners mentioned no less than 3,659 folks have been killed and greater than 23,000 extra have been arrested because the coup.

The NLD urged the worldwide neighborhood, together with the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations, to take robust motion towards the junta consistent with worldwide legal guidelines.