NLD Mandalay regional vice chairperson released from Mandalay's Obo Prison

12 May 2023
NLD Mandalay regional vice chairperson released from Mandalay's Obo Prison

Win Mya Mya, vice chairperson of the Mandalay regional office of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was released this morning from Mandalay’s Obo Prison, according to the Mandalay political community.

She was arrested on 27 February 2021 and sentenced to three years in prison under Section 505 (a) the Penal Code for leading protests in Mandalay following the coup.

"She was released this morning. Only her family will know her current conditions after her release. But it is true that she was released. We have learned that after serving her prison term and because of the reduction, she was released,” said a source in Mandalay.

Win Mya Mya, who is over 70 years old, was injured during the notorious attack on Aung San Suu Kyi's convoy in 2003. This incident occurred when a then-junta-sponsored mob attacked Suu Kyi's convoy as it traveled through the town of Depayin, Sagaing Region. Win Mya Mya was one of the passengers in the convoy. Following the incident, her entire family was imprisoned, and her homes and business were shut down by then-ruling junta

In the 2020 General Elections, she contested for the Pyithu Hluttaw [Lower House] seat representing Sintgaing Township in the Mandalay Region and successfully won the seat. She was one of just two Muslim candidates representing the NLD party in the elections, according to local news outlets.

Due to her being Muslim, nationalist Buddhist monks signed a petition with hundreds of signatures, urging the NLD to disqualify her from the election.

Since her involvement in politics during Myanmar's nationwide pro-democracy uprising in 1988, she was imprisoned multiple times.