Oct 9, 2007 (DVB), Mandalay security forces arrested the wife of a politically-active poet on 1 October after failing to arrest her husband, said sources close to the family.
Nyein Thit, a politically-active poet has been on the run from security forces since 30 September, due to fears he would be arrested during the authorities' crackdown on anti-government protestors.
A source close to his family told DVB yesterday that Mandalay police and military officers raided the poet’s house on 1 October and arrested his wife Ma Khin Mar Lar, leaving their three children with no supervision.
"The officials raided their house on 1 October…. They arrested his wife instead once they realised he had escaped," said the source.
"Now their children , with their father on the run from government arrest and their mother in custody , are left with no one to look after them."
Reporting by DVB