A former Buddhist monk who helped lead the 2007 Saffron Revolution is scheduled to appear in court today to answer an illegal border crossing charge following his arrest on Tuesday.
U Gambira, also known as Nyi Nyi Lwin, and his wife Australian citizen Marie Siochana were apprehended by police in Mandalay where they traveled to apply for a passport, family members told RFA’s Myanmar Service. Since Gambira was released from prison in a 2012 amnesty arrangement he has primarily lived in Thailand.
“We don’t know anything yet,” his mother Daw Yay told RFA. “They took away both. Last night they released his wife, but they kept him there.” (Courtesy of RFA)
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