At the Myanmar Journalist Network’s office in Yangon on Thursday, Khin Aye Sint talks about her new, and unwelcome, ID card. PHOTO/ZAYAR CHAN AYE
Khin Aye Sint was at her house in Magwe last week when she received delivery of a membership card for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) with her name on it accompanied by a photo.
This may not seem like much, but Khin Aye Sint is not a member of the USDP. She’s in the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), and she’s not pleased about the mix-up.
The first thing to get straight, she told members of the media at the Myanmar Journalist Network’s office in Yangon on Thursday (she lives in the city but still has a home in Magwe), is that it’s not a mix-up.
Also, she’s willing to sue to rectify the problem.
“I participated in the student boycott. This is insulting me in terms of politics,” she said, referring to protests by students earlier this year against an education law that resulted in many of their arrests in March.
Khin Aye Sint moved to Yangon in 2014 and works as a local distributor for a magazine published by the NLD.
She explained that the photo in the card was taken 10 years ago and, it should be said, not for the USDP.
Khin Aye Sint’s Union Solidarity and Development Party ID card. PHOTO/ZEYAR CHAN AYE
She asked U Aung Naing, a USDP official in Magwe Division, about it and he allegedly replied that his superior had asked him to give her the ID.
USDP members in Magwe could not be reached.
“I sent letters to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi [from the NLD] and Thura Shwe Mann [from the USDP],” she said, adding that she would go to court with the USDP if necessary.
“If they won’t solve this case properly, I will sue them,” she said.
Text from People’s News Journal, translated and reprinted with permission
