Man Arrested for Sedition After Posting Video of Long Fuel Queues on TikTok

Man arrested for desecrating the state after posting video of fuel queue on TikTok

November 13

A man who filmed people queuing to buy petrol in Labutta Township, Ayeyarwady Region, and posted the video on TikTok has been arrested on a charge of desecrating the state, it is learned.

Around 2 pm on November 10, Ko Aung Sint Thu (alias Moe Thak), a resident of Ward (4), 3-Mile Myothit Aung Chan Thar, Labutta Township, was arrested on the allegation that he posted footage of people queuing for fuel on his TikTok account under the name Moe That, on the social network TikTok, with the intent of undermining the peace and stability of the state.

"Among the last three videos he posted, we found two videos of fuel queues. One of them was posted with a song whose lyrics say, 'Myanmar has so many petrol stations; there are many stations but they don't give out enough petrol and diesel; they give fuel to the military and the dictator, damn it.' That is what he was charged over," a local resident said.

Ko Aung Sint Thu (alias Moe Thak), who was unlawfully arrested, has been charged by the 3-Mile Myo police station under Section 505(a) for desecrating the state, it is learned.

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