Ye Htut was information minister and presidential spokesman under the military government of Thein Sein.
In recent months the military, who have faced armed resistance since seizing power in a 2021 coup, have detained a number of trade and commerce officials as the civil conflict batters Myanmar’s already struggling economy. In a statement, the junta information team said the 64-year-old had been detained on Saturday evening in connection with “spreading wrong information on social media”.
Section 505 outlaws any action deemed to undermine the military. The law carries a maximum jail term of three years.
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