Former political prisoners and Civil Disobedience Movement members to relocate from Lashio

Some of the 200 political prisoners, who were released from Lashio Prison after the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) freed them on July 28, told DVB that they fear retaliation from the regime when it returns to re-administer Lashio Township of northern Shan State later this month.

A former political prisoner told DVB on the condition of anonymity that he is considering relocating from Lashio to Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone (SAZ), which is located 117 miles (188 km) northeast of Lashio. and 361 miles (580 km) north of the Shan State capital Taunggyi. Since Oct. 27, 2023, the MNDAA has re-taken control of the Kokang SAZ, and has seized nine other towns in northern Shan.