POLICE are investigating the abduction of Myanmar refugee activist Thuzar Maung and her family, said Selangor top cop Hussein Omar Khan. 

Hussein said a report was received on the abduction and police have started an investigation. 

“An investigation was opened according to the report on the missing persons,” he told The Malaysian Insight.

Earlier today, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thuzar and her family were kidnapped by unknown men from their home in Ampang Jaya, Selangor, on July 4. 

HRW Asia director Elaine Pearson said apart from Thuzar, 46, her husband, Saw Than Tin Win, 43; her daughter, Poeh Khing Maung, 16; and sons Aung Myint Maung, 21, and Thukha Maung, 17, were forcibly taken by unknown people. 

She said this is based on reports from witnesses and closed-circuit television footage.

Pearson said Thuzar, also known as Thu Zar Moung, is an outspoken supporter of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement.

“We fear Thuzar Maung and her family were abducted in a planned operation and are at grave risk,” said Pearson in a post on HRW’s website today. – July 17, 2023.