Burmese police pick up two prominent Chin politicians
September 27, 2007 - Burmese police in a pre-dawn raid arrested two prominent Chin politicians Pu Cin Sian Thang and Pu Thawng Kho Thang along with others belonging to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party (NLD).
CRPP member Pu Cin Sian Thang. (Photo - S.H.A.N)
"Seven people led by police officers Yan Naing and Khin Maung Win from Rangoon came to our house at around 4:30 a.m. They searched the rooms for documents," said a member of Cin Sian Thang's family.
"They said they would like to call him (Cin Sian Thang) for a while for questioning but took him to a vehicle standing on the street at around 5:30 a.m." they added.
The police confiscated documents in Cin Sian Thang's room and took him to the 'Aungtarpay' interrogation centre in Kyaikkasan, Rangoon.
"So far we have not heard of them, though they said it was for a while," said Cin Sian Thang's family.
Cin Sian Thang's family found some politicians including a member of the United Nationalities League for Democracy (UNLD) Pu Thawng Kho Thang, NLD members U Hla Pye and others sitting on a truck and waiting for Cin Sian Thang.
CRPP (Committee Representing People's Parliament) member Pu Cin Sian Thang is chairman of Zomi National Congress and also an elected Member of Parliament in the 1990 general elections. – Khonumthung.
