Burmese MP Kyaw Min’s sister in law sent to prison

Nov 24, 2005 (DVB) -

Burmese authorities at Arakan State capital Sittwe (Akyab) arrested and imprisoned Habsa, the sister-in-law of Kyaw Min, the detained elected representative (MP) of nearby Buthidaung Township.

Habsa, the sister of Kyaw Min’s wife Teeza, is a native of Buthidaung and she was married to a man from Sittwe and had been living there for nearly a year when she was arrested at the beginning of November for ‘overstepping the boundary’ and sentenced to six months in prison.

She is currently being detained at Sittwe Prison and she was imprisoned thus because she is the sister-in-law of Kyaw Min, insisted those who are close to their family members.

Kyaw Min (a.k.a.) Mohammad Shamsul Anwarul Hoque, an independent Muslim MP and a member of Committee for Representing People’s Parliament (CRPP), was arrested on 17 March and subsequently given a 47-year jail term. He is currently languishing in the notorious Rangoon Insein Jail.

Moreover, his wife Teeza, their two daughters and a son were each given 17 years for allegedly breaking the national identity and immigration laws.