Burmese authorities in hot pursue of student and youth leader Tin Htoo Aung

The residence of student and youth leader Ko Tin Htoo Aung has been raided and searched by Rangoon Special Branch Police and members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA).

An ethnic Arakan, Ko Tin Htoo Aung, who actively participated in the 1996 student movement, resides on Oat Kyin Station Road in Rangoon’s Hlaing Township. Authorities reportedly raided and searched the residence of the student activist twice.

Tin Htoo Aung’s aunt said more than twenty persons, including a police commander, the ward chairman, members of USDA and Swan Arrshin, and Military Affairs Security (MAS) personnel raided the house.

“They said they wanted to interrogate and arrest him. They warned me, as a government employee, to be careful. I told them I live with integrity as a government employee. And I also told them that I am about to retire,” Tin Htoo Aung’s aunt told Mizzima.

On both August 24th, at about 11:00 p.m. (local time) and on August 25th, early in the morning at about 2:00 a.m. (local time), authorities forcibly entered the residence of Ko Tin Htoo Aung without any warrant and searched the entire house.

“The boy is a disciplined boy. They [authorities] said they wanted to ask him a question and when I asked them what it was about, they did not reply. They just searched the whole house, even his [Tin Htoo Aung’s] room. When we asked them to show us the warrant they could not. It is sad the boy has had to flee. I want justice. He is just a young boy,” said Tin Htoo Aung’s aunt.