A young social activist, who was arrested in December last yearsuspecting his role in the murder of a military intelligence officer,was released by the Sittwe district court as it did not find anyevidence against Ko Ye Kyaw Thu.
The verdict was passed by the judge of the Sittwe court on 23 September.
Daw Aye Nu Sein, the defender of Ko Ye Kyaw Thu, informed that nomajor evidence was produced in the court relating to the murder of KoPho Lon. Moreover, statements from the victim's wife and alsocomplainants against Ko Ye Kyaw Thu were reportedly too weak.
So the judge decided to release Ko Ye Kyaw Thu from the detention,where he was living time for nine months.
Military intelligent officer Ko Pho Lon was shot dead by miscreants inSittwe on 25 September 2018 when he was returning back from the nighttrope festival with his family members at around 8 pm.
The police arrested four young men suspecting their role in themurder. However, three of them were released in June last and thefourth one (Ko Ye Kyaw Thu) got released recently.
“I used to suffer a lot while staying in Sittwe prison for all thesedays. As I was never found guilty by the court, can I ask now theauthority about their credibility and also the existence of rule oflaw in Myanmar,” said Ko Ye Kyaw Thu.
Over 200 people have been arrested in Arakan for their suspected linkswith Arakan Army. Even most of them were already charged under theanti-terror, criminal, explosion acts.
