Wai Moe Naing, the leader of the Monywa People’s Strike Committee, who was detained in the Monywa prison in Sagaing Region, was sentenced to another 20 years in prison by the military junta, said Shin Thant, a member of the Monywa People’s Leading Strike Committee.

On the afternoon of May 10, 2024, six people, including Wai Moe Naing, were sentenced by the military junta in Monywa Prison Court.

“It was ordered by the prison court. Six people, including Wai Moe Naing, were sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering two policemen in the Monywa Industrial Zone. The six people and the rest, more than 30 people who were unjustly arrested, were sentenced,” Shin Thant said.

Currently, the military junta has been arresting and killing anyone who obstructs them. Shin Thant says that only if the revolution is united and successful will prisoners be able to return home.

“Today, the prison court sentenced six people, including Wai Moe Naing, separately to serve 20 years in prison under Section 302 (2)/149 of the Penal Code,” said a person close to the court.

On April 15th, 2021, junta troops rammed into him with a car while he was riding a motorcycle in a strike on Tharsi Road, Monywa.

Wai Moe Naing was charged with violating Natural the Disaster Management Law, rioting, participating in a crowd, and carrying a deadly weapon, among other cases sentenced to a total of 74 years in prison.