ALP questions people regarding assassination of three of its members

By Admin 05 Jul 2023

DMG Newsroom
5 July 2023, Sittwe

The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) is questioning some people regarding the assassination of three of its members including the vice chair of the organisation, ALP spokesman Major Khine Thurein told DMG.

“We have been questioning some people. That’s all I can tell,” said the ALP spokesman, declining to say how many people are being questioned.

Ko Kyaw Naing Oo, 33, who works at a car workshop on Minbargyi Street in Sittwe, was believed to be abducted by the ALP on Monday, a source told DMG.

“A man came to the workshop and took Ko Kyaw Naing Oo to check his car somewhere else. He has been missing since that day,” he said.

Family members have called for the immediate release of Ko Kyaw Naing Oo, who is married and has a 1-year-old daughter.

“We have not yet been informed about his arrest. He is the breadwinner of the family, and we are concerned for his safety. We want to know why he was arrested and where he is being held,” his father U Maung Che told DMG.

Major Khine Thurein said the ALP does not beat those detained for questioning.

“I want to tell their family members not to worry. We don’t beat or torture them. If they are found to be guilty, we will hand them over to authorities. I can guarantee that we don’t touch a hair on their heads,” said the ALP spokesman.

The ALP has accused the rival Arakanese armed organisation Arakan Army (AA) of shooting dead ALP vice chair Khine Ni Yaung, commander Khine Kyaw Min of the ALP/Arakan Liberation Army Battalion No. 101, and private Kyaw Kyaw Naing outside Sittwe University on July 1.

AA spokesman U Khaing Kha has called the ALP’s allegations baseless, saying the AA had nothing to do with the assassination.

The Myanmar military has tightened security in Mingan Ward, where the assassinations took place, and is carrying out patrols at night, according to ward residents.