A prominent Muslim MP in Burma, Mr U Kyaw Min (a) Mr.Mohamed Shamsul Anwarul Haque (55), was arrested by the illegal Burmese Military regime in Rangoon on the17th March 2005.
U Kyaw Min is the elected MP of the National Democratic Party for Human Rights (NDPH) for Buthidaung and a member of the Committee for Representative Peoples Parliament (CRPP).
Special agents took him from his home in Rangoon around midnight on the 17th March to an undisclosed location. His wife and two grown up daughters were also arrested for their stay in Rangoon. His lawyer, relatives and friends of U Kyaw Min have all been denied permission to visit him. It is still not known why Kyaw Min was arrested and what he is being interrogated on. As he is not allowed to see his family and receive basic things including medicines, his family members are seriously concerned for the health condition of Kyaw Min.
There are an estimated 1300 political prisoners of conscience in Burma and the UN has frequently called for their release.
