NLD announces that 701 party members are still detained and 18 have died

A total of 701 NLD members remain in detention and 18 party members, including an MP, died between February 1, 2021 and May 5, 2022, the Central Working Committee of the National League for Democracy (NLD) said. ). May 10.

According to a statement compiled by the NLD census team, 917 of the 9,261 people detained nationwide from February 1, 2021 to May 5, 2022 were NLD party members and 216 of the NLD members were released, according to NLD Central Working Committee. .

A total of 701 party members, including NLD President Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Vice Presidents U Win Myint and Dr Zaw Myint Maung, remain in detention. Among the detainees, 119 are parliamentarians and 21 of them have been released. 98 others are still in detention, he added.

The statement said 18 party members, including an MP, died due to inadequate medical care in prisons while in custody.

From February 1, 2021, the offices of the National League for Democracy were raided and destroyed. Party offices in villages, townships and districts in regions and states, including the party headquarters in Yangon, were invaded and destroyed 104 times, he added.

According to the statement, the homes and other assets of 209 party members, including 120 MPs, have been sealed while NLD leaders at all levels, party members and Hluttaw representatives are being prosecuted under the article 505 and other articles and the competent court has not yet made a final decision.

In addition, groups such as Thway Thauk, Sun Ye, Myo Chit Nyunt Paung and Myo Chit Maha Mate, founded on April 21, have distributed threatening letters to party members, party leaders, Hluttaw representatives, members their families and party supporters, and arrested and tortured them. As of May 5, 2022, a total of 7 NLD party members and seven party supporters have been abducted from their homes and their bodies dumped on the side of the road the next day hanging around the logo of the group that killed them, according to a statement from the NLD Central Working Committee.