NAYPYITAW, 24 August 2021, (TON): Junta forces in Sagaing Region ransacked the home of a couple and arrested them after their son abandoned his post as a police sergeant and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), a friend of the family told media. 

Zaw Min Win, 40, left behind his wife and two daughters, a teenager and a toddler, at the police housing complex where he lived in Yinmabin Township when he deserted.

The family friend said “he took his weapons with him. His wife was still at their police residence. He just left without discussing it with her.

Zaw Min Win was not involved in violent crackdowns on anti-coup activities in the area, the friend said, adding that his job was desk-based.

On the day he defected, around 15 armed men in a police vehicle and a civilian vehicle arrived at the home of Zaw Min Win’s parents in Ywar Tharyar village, one mile from Yinmabin.

A resident of the village said “the men arrested Mya Lay, the father, and Htay Yi, the mother, both aged 60, after ransacking their home for 30 minutes.”