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Just last week, Naing Ngan Lin and several party colleagues were assaulted in Thaketa, a township in eastern Rangoon, by machete wielding men. Naing Ngan Lin was severely cut on his head and arms. Police arrested the main suspect soon after the attack and have since arrested two others and are investigating. It is not clear whether the assault was politically motivated, but it alarmed many opposition figures throughout Burma where nearly two months of campaigning have been surprisingly violence free.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are conflicting accounts of the events last week, with some observers stating that the alleged attackers had posted a sign outside their house which threatened to attack any NLD member who dared to campaign in the area. Others speculate that the men have ties with the ultra-nationalist Buddhist group the Ma Ba Tha. But other family members, who claim to be members of the NLD, suggested the attackers were drunk and Naing Nan Lin was not directly targeted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/26466\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2015\/naing_ngan_lin.jpg?itok=nliwrJhh 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2015\/naing_ngan_lin.jpg?itok=wHOcRGH_ 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2015\/naing_ngan_lin.jpg?itok=wHOcRGH_\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022478\u0022 alt=\u0022Naing Ngan Lin and a member of the National League for Democracy. \u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003ENaing Ngan Lin and a member of the National League for Democracy.\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 Ko Min Thu\/Facebook\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ENaing Ngan Lin is a long standing member of the NLD, voted into parliament for the lower house seat of Dekkhinathiri in the capital Naypidaw during the by-elections of 2012. Despite the severity of his injures, he is in stable condition and has vowed to continue his campaign for the parliamentary seat of Thaketa. This year, he was featured as a central character, identified by his nickname \u201cNigel,\u201d in Delphine Schrank\u2019s book, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.irrawaddy.org\/culture-2\/notes-from-underground-delphine-schranks-the-rebel-of-rangoon.html\u0022\u003EThe Rebel of Rangoon\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d which features stories of underground political activists in Burma following the 2007 popular protests against military rule.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is not the first attack against NLD supporters in Rangoon during this campaign. For instance, on September 19 two sons of an NLD worker were stabbed following a campaign event in Rangoon\u2019s northern township of Mingaladon for Naw Susannah Hla Soe, one of the NLD\u2019s Upper House candidates for Rangoon. While this incident, too, was later deemed not to be politically motivated, the candidate expressed fears of intimidation and violence while campaigning in what is a large Burmese military cantonment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EMany campaign rallies and activities in Burma are self-regulating and while the presence of security forces is minimal, so far reports of election related violence or intimidation have been relatively few. On election day, the police will deploy a recently recruited cadre of 40,000 perfunctorily trained Special Police who will be placed in charge of monitoring individual polling stations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EUltra-nationalist rhetoric is contributing to an atmosphere of nervous apprehension and fear. It hasn\u2019t stopped the mobilizing of mass campaign rallies, but there are serious concerns that attacks and intimidation could potentially escalate after the election results are counted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]