6/9/22, 9:48 AM Regime issues arrest warrants for celebrities who urged people to join Civil Disobedience Movement | Myanmar NOW Mass protest continued unabated on Wednesday despite the military’s crackdown (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now) None of six have been arrested yet. In its statement the regime appealed to the public to report their whereabouts to the police and said anyone who sheltered them would also be punished. They are not the first people in the entertainment industry to be targeted since the military seized power. Movie director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a well-known critic of the military even before the coup, was arrested in the early hours of February 1, at the same time as top government officials. He served a year in prison on a defamation charge after criticizing the military on Facebook in 2019. The regime has also filed a case against the singer Htwe Lin Ko, also known as Lin Lin, under section 505b of the penal code. More than 400 people, including Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted president Win Myint, have been detained since the military took over. https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/regime-issues-arrest-warrants-for-celebrities-who-urged-people-to-join-civil-disobedience 3/15