Maung Thar Cho

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Writer and history professor Maung Thar Cho was blindfolded and taken by the military in the early hours of the February 2021 coup, alongside other notable cultural figures. He had delivered popular speeches across the country and was a satirical writer for the newspaper 7Day. A year later, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labor. On November 17, 2022, he was released from prison.