Key Burmese activist flees to Thai-Burma border
Htay Kywe, a student activist who had the Burmese military junta hot on his heels, for his key role in the recent protests over the fuel price hike, fled to the Thai-Burma border, a colleague told Mizzima today.
Htay Kywe had gone underground because junta officials were in hot pursuit following last week’s arrest of 13 prominent student leaders, including Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi. He fled to theThai-Burma border on Monday afternoon.
In the midst of tight security and orders to arrest him, where his photographs were sent to all border check points, Htay Kywe made a dramatic exit from Burma and was able to avoid being caught after local residents helped, a colleague who until this morning accompanied Htay Kywe and requested anonymity for security reasons told Mizzima.
According to the junta’s mouthpiece and propaganda machine the New Light of Myanmar, Htay Kywe, one of the main ‘offenders’ responsible for organsiing the sporadic protests in Rangoon following the recent fuel price hike , faces a warrant of arrest and likely detention of up to 20 years in prison along with Min Ko Naing and the other 12 student leaders who were rounded up to crush the on going demonstrations.
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