Dr Tun Aung, a 65-year- old political prisoner, was released yesterday. Thank you for those who took action to free Dr. Tun Aung.
He was arrested and jailed unlawfully by the military-backed government in Burma. He is a chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Burm and was arrested and accused of fuelling the communal riots in his hometown, Maungdaw, Rakhine State. He was arrested in June 2012 and charged under six different counts, including the Myanmar Wireless Telegraphs Act and Section 24 (1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison but under a presidential amnesty, his sentence was reduced to one year in prison.
Burma Campaign UK is quoted in this news article about his release in Mizzima News:
“He [Dr Tun Aung] was arrested in June 2012 as part of the Burmese government’s efforts to arrest and detain Muslim community leaders to stop them from talking to international observers and journalists,” Burma Campaign UK said in May 2013.