MP urges Tok Mat to contact Myanmar over student leader’s arrest
Subang MP Wong Chen has urged foreign minister Mohamad Hasan to get in touch with the military junta of Myanmar following the detention of a student leader there.
The PKR MP urged Mohamad, also known as Tok Mat, to enquire about the status of 24-year-old Ko Htet Myat Aung, who was reportedly arrested in Mandalay on Dec 17.
He said Mohamad should use the Asean foreign ministers’ meeting as a platform to raise the matter.
Mohamad had presided over the meeting in Kuala Lumpur earlier this evening, although Myanmar officials were said to have joined virtually.
Wong’s call follows claims that Ko, the former president of a student union at a Myanmar university, was assaulted while being arrested by the military.
The Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) had called for his immediate release, expressing fears he may face torture while being detained.
