Myanmar: Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest

Apr 1, 2014 | Zarni Mann, The Irrawaddy
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MANDALAY — Four activists here who oppose a government electricity rate hike are facing criminal charges after staging an unauthorized protest last week, while other protestors saw their demonstration cut short by police on Monday night.

Thein Aung Myint, Saw Hla Aung, Kyaw Myo Tun and Khet Khet Tin, who say they were brutally detained by police after staging a candle-lit protest in Mandalay on Thursday, were charged on Tuesday with violating Article 18 of the controversial Peaceful Assembly Law.