Two Myanmar arrested over Koh Tao protest
Malaysian police have arrested two Myanmar nationals after they led a protest of about 500 Myanmar residents in front of the Thai embassy in Kuala Lumpur over the court's ruling on Koh Tao murders on Monday, Radio Free Asia online reported.
Police arrived while we were protesting and told us they hadn’t given us permission to protest," Ko Kyaw Thein Naing, a member of a support group for migrant workers in Malaysia, said.
“While we discussed this, more people joined in the protest, with some shouting that the two [convicted] workers should be freed, and police then arrested two leaders of the protest,” he said.
“They said foreigners can’t protest in Malaysia,” he said.
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