Border News Agency
Mrauk-U, September 4

On September 1, the Mrauk-U District Court under the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government sentenced a man to 40 years in prison with hard labor for raping four women in Kyauktaw Township.

The perpetrator has been identified as Zaw Zaw Naing, also known as Laphyu Chay, a 25-year-old resident of Pyi Taw Thar Ward in Kyauktaw Township. He has confessed to raping a total of 11 women.

He reportedly raped a 20-year-old woman from Leik Ma Village in Mrauk-U Township on February 6, 2025, and a 17-year-old girl from Myin Gyat Village in Kyauktaw Township on January 24, 2025.

In addition, he reportedly raped a 25-year-old woman from Sin Oh Gyi Village in Mrauk-U Township on January 14, 2025.

Furthermore, on December 13, 2024, he allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl from Let Kauk Zay Ward in Mrauk-U by offering her a job and repeatedly raped her.

As a result, after investigating the case of the young woman from Leik Ma Village in Mrauk-U Township, the Mrauk-U District Court found him guilty and sentenced him to a total of 10 years in prison — three years of hard labor under Section 366 of the Penal Code and seven years under Section 376 — to be served consecutively.

In addition, for the rape case involving the victim from Myin Gyat Village in Kyauktaw Township, the court sentenced him to a total of 10 years in prison — three years of hard labor under Section 366 of the Penal Code and seven years of hard labor under Section 376.

For the case involving the victim from Sin Oh Gyi Village in Mrauk-U Township, he was also sentenced to another 10 years — three years under Section 366 and seven years under Section 376 — to be served consecutively.

Furthermore, for the rape case involving the victim from Let Kauk Zay Ward in Mrauk-U, the court sentenced him to a total of 10 years in prison — three years under Section 366 of the Penal Code and seven years under Section 376.

According to records from the Department of Law Enforcement and Public Security (DLEPS) under the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government, the confessions of the perpetrator, Zaw Zaw Naing, reveal that he raped a total of 11 women and girls without their consent in the towns of Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw, and Ponnakyun.

Out of the 11 rape cases he committed, only four have been prosecuted so far, while the remaining seven cases are still under active investigation by the prosecuting authorities.