May 4, 2016

Myanmar nationalist may face charges after Facebook post about army chief and Aung San Suu Kyi

Nay Myo Wai, a fervent Buddhist nationalist who once threatened to beat up Muslims and feed them pork curry, is in a little trouble.

Local media reports say police are preparing to arrest him and charge him with online defamation after he wrote on Facebook that the head of the army, Min Aung Hlaing, didn’t dare to seize power [from the newly elected NLD government] because he wants to be Aung San Suu Kyi’s husband.
The post, which is a few weeks old and seems to have been taken down, featured a photo of the senior general.

Nay Myo Wai denied the allegations on Facebook today and said Muslims are creating fake accounts to mess with him. (Courtesy of Coconuts Yangon)

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