Two more activists arrested in Bogalay

Sep 07, 2007 (DVB) Two more people have been arrested for their involvement in Wednesdays protest against high fuel and commodity prices led by the National League for Democracy in Bogalay. NLD officials Daw Khin Lay and Daw Mi Mi Sein were arrested in Bogalay market by female members of the government-supported Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association on 5 September, according to a family member who did not want to be named. This followed the arrests of party chairman U Aung Khin Bo and deputy secretary U Khin Maung Chit that morning. "The Women Entrepreneurs were accompanied by the township police chief. They said they wanted to talk to Daw Khin Lay and Daw Mi Mi Sein and promised they would let them go after they had spoken to them, said the family member. The protest was reportedly supported by over 1000 bystanders. Reporting by Aye Naing