Nearly a year after being arrested and charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law, four men including the chair of the Taungup Township Development Affairs Committee in Arakan State were acquitted on Monday, according to their lawyer, Eurasian Review reported.

The Taungup Township Court arraigned the men on June 30, 2020, on charges brought under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law, following their arrest in May of last year.

But the judge acquitted them on Monday, said their lawyer Daw Theingi Maung.

The were accused of having ties to the Arakan Army and providing food to the ethnic armed group.