A Muslim ? No , You Can’t Go There

When her ID card was singled out and she was asked to come forward, Ms Khin Suu Min panicked. She was about half way through her long and arduous journey to visit her husband Aung Zaw Oo, a political prisoner, who was serving 22 years sentence in Butheetaung prison, Rakhine.

The security guards at the Ushigpin gate checkpoint, just outside Prome (Pyi) found out that Ms Khin Suu Min was a Muslim and she was told that she wasn’t allowed to travel to Rakhine State. They told her that there would be a special investigation at Seint Ye’ San gate and once she reached that point she wouldn’t be able to return. So Ms Khin Suu Min had to catch a coach at 11 pm to return to Monywa.

Well before she started a journey to visit her husband, Ms Khin Suu Min went to see the authorities about her being Muslim and having to travel to Rakhine and she was asked to show the ID card. After her ID card was checked, she was told that she could travel all over the country , as long as she had her ID card with her.

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