One of Maymar’s highest-earning actresses, she is providing financial support to striking workers who have quit their jobs to take part in the growing civil disobedience movement, known as CDM.
But on Thursday, the Myanmar Academy Award winner and her director husband, Na Ji, hid their names after being added to the arrest list, as well as several other celebrities who used their platforms to oppose the uprising.
A police statement on Wednesday said Na GI, along with two other leading directors, two actors and a singer, “uses their popularity and encourages responsible civil servants to participate in the CDM, encouraging civil servants to take part in the protests.”
The notice from the governing state administrative council said the Myanmar police force needed information on the locations of actor Patio, director Ko Pouk, actor Lu Min, director Wine, director Na Gai and singer Antaga.
Section 505 criminalizes the “motivation, discipline, health, conduct” of government employees and military personnel and “causes their hatred, disobedience or indiscretion towards the government and the army” and obstruction, disruption, harm.
Peng Fu Thu said that “when we know this kind of talk is very dangerous,” he will not stop – despite the arrest warrant and was forced to hide.
“We can talk about our opinions, we don’t mind because since the day after the military coup, we’ve been talking about it on our social media platforms because we want the audience to know we’re with them and not like anyone. “It’s such an inappropriate thing to do,” he said.
“There’s no going back. We’ve decided we’re going to do this, we’re going to fight to the end.”
“Everyone can see the development. For example, all the roads and education – everything was moving towards a brilliant destination. We have been ruled by dictators for a long time,” said Peng Fu Thu. “Then there was a military coup and we felt we lost our independence, and we lost our democracy, and we just don’t want to go back to the Dark Ages.”
In Mandalay, security forces opened fire as they confronted railway workers who stopped trains running as part of a civil disobedience movement, Reuters reported. Residents said one person was injured but it was not clear what type of ceasefire was allegedly used, the report said.
A mass march was called in response to a second charge against Suu Kyi on Tuesday. His lawyer, Khin Maung Zhao, said he had been charged under the country’s Import and Export Act in addition to previous counts in the context of the National Disaster Act.
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