The army detained five youth after the bomb explosions in Paletwa Township of Southern Chin State to military battalion-289 on June 17th.
“They have been charged under Section 505 of Penal Code in Township Court. They were taken to Batallion-289 at around 2.pm. I don’t know why they were arrested ” said a local from Paletwa.
The court hearing will be on June 30th. Their families have lost contact with them.
The military council detained 18 youth working in the civil society organizations (CSOs) after there were two bomb explosions in front of the General Administration Office and the Myanmar Economic Bank in Paletwa Township on the morning of May 28th.