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Cases Related to COVID-19 Pandemic Cases Related to COVID-19 Pandemic The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has documented cases in relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to the documentation of AAPP in May, a total of (3705) people have been charged and convicted in Burma during the pandemic. The detailed information is shown below: (563) under Section 188 of the Penal Code have been charged and punished for failing to abide-by the night curfew. In addition, (31) have been filed and sentenced under Section 25, 26, 26(a), 27, 28(b), 30(a)(b) of the Natural Disaster Management Law and Section 15 and 18 of the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases Law. Besides, (1) has been charged under Section 16(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law and (1) has been charged under section 6 (1) of the Public Property Protection Act for failing to comply with the quarantine measures. Moreover, a total of 3100 persons were penalized for not wearing masks and 3 have been filed lawsuits and convicted respectively under section 505 (b) of the Penal Code and section 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Law. And, a journalist is serving sentence under section 505 (b) of the Penal Code related to COVID-19 issue. 1 Kachin State Prosecutions for failing to comply with the rules while quarantine center Charged a man for his unruliness while quarantined According to a report of Myitkyina Myoma Police Station, a drunken man, quarantined in Myitkyina University, Kachin State, destroyed the bed, door and window of a bedroom on 25th May. A case has been opened against him with section 6 (1) of people property protection law. The man, Parsi Htun a.k.a Thazi Htun, returned home from China on 25th May evening and was placed in ward No (1), room No (7). However, he did not stay in his room and broke the door and window of the bedroom under the influence of alcohol, it is said. The broken pieces of furniture were worth about MMK 120,000 and his case has been opened with section 6 (1). (26 May 2020 – Social Media of Isee Media/Burmese) Karen State Punishments to Journalists related to COVID-19 Imprisoned a chief editor for publication an erroneous article On 20th May, the court of justice of Hpa-an Township, Karen State, sentenced U Zaw Min Oo a.k.a U Zaw Ye Htet to two years’ imprisonment on account of reporting a coronavirus death that turned out to be false. On 13th April evening, Chief Editor Zaw Ye Htet’s online news agency Dae Pyaw published an erroneous article alleging there had been a death due to Covid-19 in eastern Karen state. But, the news agency published its apology for the previous false news on the same day at 8:48 p.m. The police in-charge of Myaing Kalay Police Station, as the plaintiff of the case, charged against him under section 505 (b) of the Penal Code which bars the dissemination of information that could “cause fear or alarm to the public”. (22 May 2020 - RFA/Burmese) (21 May 2020 - KIC News/ Burmese) Punishments for failing abide-by the night curfew 629 persons contravened night curfew in Myawaddy In Myawaddy, over the 39 days of night curfew 18th April to 26th May, over 600 persons were arrested for failing to abide by the curfew. 629 people were charged with lawsuits in the township court by U Phyo Zaw Ko Ko, administrator of Myawaddy Township. They were all penalized by the court. The penalty for every one of them was either MMK 50,000 or one month’s imprisonment. Out of those 629, 489 settled their punishment by MMK 50,000 fine and the rest 140 served one month’s imprisonment, according to Myawaddy Police Station. 131 persons were already sentenced in April. (15 May 2020 - Myanmar Times/Burmese) 2 (May 28 2020 - DVB/Burmese) Mon State Punishments for contravention of specified orders A man who organized religious gathering in Kyaikmayaw Township sentenced to prison U Zaw Min, who organized religious gathering (carrying the Buddha Umbrella Crown with the crowd of people) was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment under section 30(A) of the Natural Disaster Management Law by Kyaikmayaw Township Court on 12 May 2020.In the process, about 150 people led by U Zaw Min carried the Buddha Umbrella Crown along the Damatha Village Road from Dama Monastery on 30 May 2020. (May 13 2020 - DVB/Burmese) Yangon Region Prosecutions for contravention of specified orders 3 persons were charged for fleeing from quarantine centers in Shwepyithar Township 3 persons were charged under section Natural Disaster Management Law for fleeing from quarantine centers in Shwepyithar Township. Representative of Hluttaw U Yan Aung Min from Shwepyithar Township said that the 3 persons who fled from quarantine centers are one woman and two men. The 2 men have been arrested and the woman is still at large. The woman who had been on Quarantine at a Shwepyithar Hospital has been on the run for more than a month and she stole mobile phones from the nurses according to some police. Representative of Hluttaw U Yan Aung Min from Shwepyithar Township told that two men who live in Shwepyithar Township are returnees from China. As quarantine centers were full they were placed at Shwepyithar Primary School No.8 for temporary residence before being sent to another quarantine center. Later on, they fled from Shwepyithar Primary School No.8 before being sent to other quarantine centers. Then, authorities found them at their homes and they were charged under section Natural Disaster Management Law. Currently, there are no quarantine people at the quarantine centers in Shwepyithar and in the past, there were 163 quarantine persons in the four quarantine centers in Shwepyithar. (17 May 2020 - Myanmar Times/Burmese) Chief Minister, his wife and six other persons were reported to open a case On 29th May, eight persons including U Phyo Min Thein, chief minister of Yangon Regional Government and his wife were reported to Botahtaung Myoma Police Station under the Natural Disaster Management Law. On 24th May, a crowd was formed at the launch of the revered Shin Upagotta Raft at Botahtaung Jetty. Botahtaung police station received the report to be forwarded to higher authority for advice on whether the case is to be taken legal action or not, it is said. 3 Allied to the case, a certain Ko Tha Htet Aung, a resident of Pakokku Township, Magwe Region tried to open a case against the Yangon Regional Government at Pakokku Myoma Police Station on 26th May, but the head of police station reportedly did not accept the report. (29 May 2020 - DVB/Burmese) Punishments for contravention of specified orders 13 penalised for not wearing masks in Pazundaung Township According to the Representative of Regional Hluttaw U Khin Maung Win, 13 people who went out without wearing the masks on their faces were penalized at Court in Pazundaung Township, Yangon Region on 13 May 2020 in the afternoon. 12 men and 1 woman were found not wearing the masks on their faces. Therefore, they were taken to Pazundaung Township Court and penalized MMK 5000. The Yangon Regional Government has issued an order to take legal action on people who do not wear masks and gather over 5 people on 12 May. (14 May 2020 - The Voice/Burmese) 50 people penalised for not wearing the masks in Hlaing Tharyar Township The Representative of Regional Hluttaw U Win Maung from Hlaing Tharyar Township told The Daily Eleven that we started to take legal action 47 men and 3 women who didn’t wear the masks on their faces when they went out from their home in Hlaing Tharyar Township on May 14 2020., 50 people were detained and taken to the respective police stations. After that, the detainees were brought to court from the respective police stations and sued under section Natural Disaster Management Law and Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases law. Then, they were sentenced to pay a fine. (14 May 2020 - Eleven/Burmese) Twelve bus-drivers suspended for failing to wear mask According to information from Power Eleven Company, twelve bus-drivers of No 21, 39, and 40 of YBS (Yangon Bus Service) buses were suspended from driving as a penalty for not wearing masks on their faces while driving. “Though the drivers wore the masks, those (masks) were put not on the nostrils but on their chins. So the twelve drivers have been temporarily suspended from driving for a week”, said U Thet Tin Win a.k.a Ko Tayote Lay, Director of Administration of the Company. “Though YRTA (Yangon Region Transport Authority) had not directed us to take action, undisciplined drivers of our company have been taken action as per regulations of MoHS (Ministry of Health and Sports)” he continued. Supervisors of Power Eleven Company often inspect their drivers on their ways to penalize the undisciplined (20 May 2020 - Myanmar Times/Burmese) Over 2900 persons penalized for not wearing masks in Yangon According to U Naing Ngan Lin, Yangon regional minister for social affairs , there has been a report of over 2900 persons were punished for failing to wear masks in 44 townships in Yangon except Cocogyun Township. After the punishment scheme for not wearing masks started in Yangon region, a total of 2903 persons were punished within 15th to 28th May, it is said. (31 May 2020 - DVB/Burmese) Prosecutions for failing abide-by the night curfew A couple was arrested for failing to abide by curfew 4 According to sources of Insein Myoma Police Station, a couple of man and woman, Ko Pyae Sone Aung and Ma Jue Jue, have been arrested near Aung Zaya Bridge at 11 pm of 5th May and filed a lawsuit for their contravention of night curfew.
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