Irrawaddy-Dec 30, 2022

U Hla Moe Aung, a former Ayeyarwady Region chief minister, and three other National League for Democracy (NLD) ministers were released on Thursday from house arrest. U Win Htay, minister for electricity and transport, Dr. Soe Win, minister for immigration and population and U Htay Win, minister for planning and finance, and U Hla Moe Aung were freed from their homes in Pathein, the regional capital, according to ousted NLD MPs. U San Htwe, former Ayeyarwady deputy speaker, was also released. U Hla Moe Aung, 57, was a regional MP before replacing U Mann Johnny, who resigned in January 2018. NLD MPs, ministers and speakers were detained during the 2021 coup across the country. U Aung Tin Win, Ayeyarwady minister for agriculture and irrigation, was released in February, and Karen ethnic affairs minister Ga Moe Myat Thu was released last week.

Sources said U Hla Myat Thway, minister for social affairs, is still under home arrest in Pathein. On February 10, 2021, he declared every day a public holiday until elected MPs could form a government. The junta did not mention the releases and The Irrawaddy cannot confirm how many NLD figures remain under arrest. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ayeyarwady-regions-nld-ministers-released.html