MNN members work in coordination with senior Ma Ba Tha monks, and have co-hosted events, as
discussed below. In one example from September 2015, Ashin Parmoukkha was seen on a social media
post speaking at a large MNN-organized gathering under a MNN banner donning 969 logos.421 In
addition, Latt and Myint are frequently seen with Ashin Parmoukkha, including on a visit to a local
police station with the latter to pressure the sentencing of an allegedly mentally ill Muslim man, as seen
on Facebook.422 In June 2015, MNN leaders were also seen on Facebook with other senior Ma Ba Tha
officials and monks as part of the Save Shwedagon rally,423 and also appear to have played a role in
helping coordinate the Ma Ba Tha’s flood relief drive in August. A large amount of imagery, much of it
disseminated by the MNN itself on social media, showed its leaders working alongside the Ma Ba Tha
Central Committee figures and the military. In one series of images found on Facebook, Latt and other
MNN members are shown collecting donations on behalf of the Ma Ba Tha;424 in another set of
Facebook photos, they were shown discussing relief efforts with deputy commander of the 33rd Light
Infantry Division Colonel Kyaw Kyaw Htun and Daw Paw Shwe of the Ma Ba Tha Central Committee.425
426
Image 43: Facebook image of MNN members with
Daw Paw Shwe of the Central Committee and a
Tatamadaw officer to coordinate flood relief,
likely in Sagaing Region, in July 2015
427
Image 44: Facebook iamge of Ashin Parmoukka
and other Ma Ba Tha monks at MNN event,
“Nationalist Talk,” at Kyaikdayyone Pagoda in
Thanlyin, in October 2015,
Hate Speech Propagandists
There are several outright anti-Muslim hate speech propagandists in close proximity to the Ma Ba Tha.
The best known is a fringe politician, Nay Myo Wai, the Chairman of the Peace and Diversity Party
(PDP). The PDP is a small political party that participated in the 2010 elections and fielded 14
candidates in 2015, all of whom lost.428 Wai was previously a labor rights activist, most famous for
leading anti-land grab protests against Khin Shwe’s Zaykabar Company429. Since then, he has gravitated
towards a hardline anti-Muslim message, and on numerous occasions, has threatened and slandered
Muslims on his active and popular online channels430 that have repeatedly been taken down by
Facebook. Wai has become a significant amplifier and disseminator of Ma Ba Tha related content online
through a Facebook account that appears to be controlled by him. Offline, he has participated and
spoken at Ma Ba Tha rallies.431 Wai is a strong supporter of the ‘race and religion’ narrative and his
supposed account posts pictures of himself with Ma Ba Tha paraphernalia.432
On various occasions in the past, Nay Myo Wai has disseminated hate speech and rumors. In December
2014, amidst claims that Bengali Muslims had raped and killed a Buddhist girl, he was among those
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