The military council has arrested Ko Nay Soe (also known as Thuriya Soe), a Rakhine ethnic resident living in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Region, alleging connections with revolutionary organizations including the National Unity Government (NUG) and the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH). According to the military council’s propaganda newspaper Myanmar Alin published on March 17, Ko Nay Soe was arrested around 3 PM on March 15 in Yay Chan Oh village, Pyin Oo Lwin Township.
The military council claims that Ko Nay Soe wrote and disseminated propaganda on social media with the intention of disrupting state stability and peace. He is currently being detained at a police station in Pyin Oo Lwin, where authorities have opened a case against him and are proceeding with legal action. However, according to sources close to Ko Nay Soe, he is an ordinary businessman from Thandwe who has been making an honest living, and his only previous political involvement was with some Rakhine political parties in the past.
The military council, which seized power through a coup, has designated the National Unity Government, Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and their affiliated organizations as terrorist groups, and continues to arbitrarily arrest those suspected of having connections with these organizations. Meanwhile, the National Unity Government, Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and other revolutionary organizations have in turn designated the military council led by the Myanmar military as a terrorist organization, and are actively engaged in armed resistance to completely eliminate the military council’s control over the country.
