Police officers arrest activists during a protest against a statue of General Aung San, Myanmar's independence hero and the father of leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Loikaw, Kayah state, Myanmar February 7, 2019. Picture taken February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
YANGON (Reuters) - Dozens of activists in eastern Myanmar face charges of unlawful assembly, an activist leader said on Friday, after police broke up the latest protest against a statue of Aung San, the nation's independence hero and father of leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Police arrested 36 people on Thursday outside the headquarters of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in the Kayah state capital of Loikaw, said Di Di, spokesman for the Karenni Youth Force Protest Camp Committee.
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