29 October,2023

The former information minister Ye Htut was detained yesterday night, The SAC’s information team confirmed.

The SAC’s information team has said that the reports that former Information Minister Ye Htut has been detained are true.

"64 years old U Ye Htut, Myanmar/Buddhist, who is resident of 11 ward, Alon Township and son of U Shwe Than, owner of Ye Htut Facebook account was found to have spread false news on the social media platforms, and on October 28th at 8:30 p.m, a case against him was opened under Section 505-a of the Penal Code.” said SAC’s information team.

U Ye Htut served as the Minister of Information during the government led by U Thein Sein. Before the Minister of Information, he was the Deputy Minister of Information. He is a former military officer and then joined MOI served as the Director General of the Department of information and public relations department.