Member Of Burmese Housewives Association Put On Trial

Original Source - Maung Htoo, DVB, December 14, 2007

Daw Khin Mar Cho, a member of Burmese Housewives Association (BWU), who was arrested on 24 August is due to appear before Pazundaung court today.

She was one of the 20 other members of the association, who were arrested after they staged a protests in front of Rangoon city hall. All the ladies were violently beaten by the government's security troops before being arrested during the fuel price protests.

They were being detained in several interrogation centres, where the health conditions were so poor and filthy that some of them don't even have toilets and the drinking water was so mucky they had to settle the sediments before drinking it.

All but three, including Daw Khin Mar Cho, have now been released. It is reported that she is not being charged for her involvement in the protests, but on separate issues.