Junta forces arrest Taungup administrator, municipal official while fleeing to Yangon
Kant Kaw NiNi
The juntaforces arrested the general administrator of Taungup township and municipalofficial, who had left the town as the conflict erupted and the militarysituation deteriorated.
The Taungup administrator UZar Ni Toe and municipal official U Maung Sein were picked up by thejunta soldiers while trying to run away towards Yangon.
"Bothof them attempted to escape. One was apprehended at Kyoe Kyar Kwin checkpoint,while the other was arrested after reaching Nyaung Kyoe. The exact dates oftheir arrest are yet to be known,” said a local resident.
Some say, both were arrested on 18June while attempting to flee to Yangon through the Pandaung-Taungup.
"Bothof them are currently held at the 5th military operations command (MOC-5) inTaungup. No information about the arrest of their families is available withNarinjara News,” added the resident.
They fledin panic as the Arakha Army (AA) offensive reached the Taungup urban areas.
As thefighting reached the urban areas, the departmental staff of military junta,including the township general administrator, was fleeing as they were worriedabout their safety in Taungup locality after it goes under the control of AA.
It isunderstood that many heads of district and township-level departments,including senior inspector San Nyunt of Taungup township police station, fledfrom the township.
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