YANGON, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities have arrested some members of various anti-government organizations for allegedly plotting riots and sabotage in the country in 2009, official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday.
These anti-government group members, charged with instigating unrest and terrorist attacks during this year in collaboration with the All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), included two members of the All Arakan Students and Youth Congress (AASYC) and some individuals.
Among them was Nyi Nyi Aung with naturalized U.S. citizenship, who entered Myanmar for eight times to create anti-government mass movement, especially a planned uprising in September involving monks, the report said.
The authorities linked Nyi Nyi Aung with a recent series of seven bomb blasts in three industrial zones in Yangon on Sept. 16 and 17.
Further investigation is being made to expose and arrest his accomplices, the report added.
According to the report, the AASYC once sabotaged a natural gas pipeline in Yangon's Dagon Seikkan township on February 17, 2008.
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/24/content_12105804.htm
These anti-government group members, charged with instigating unrest and terrorist attacks during this year in collaboration with the All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), included two members of the All Arakan Students and Youth Congress (AASYC) and some individuals.
Among them was Nyi Nyi Aung with naturalized U.S. citizenship, who entered Myanmar for eight times to create anti-government mass movement, especially a planned uprising in September involving monks, the report said.
The authorities linked Nyi Nyi Aung with a recent series of seven bomb blasts in three industrial zones in Yangon on Sept. 16 and 17.
Further investigation is being made to expose and arrest his accomplices, the report added.
According to the report, the AASYC once sabotaged a natural gas pipeline in Yangon's Dagon Seikkan township on February 17, 2008.
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/24/content_12105804.htm
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