Burmese former monk Gambira arrested while preparing to travel to Australia

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated January 22 2016 - 1:08am, first published 12:28am
Gambira and his wife Marie Siochana. Photo: Facebook
Gambira and his wife Marie Siochana. Photo: Facebook
Nyi Nyi Lwin, known as Gambira, was arrested on Wednesday evening at a hotel in Thailand. His wife posted the photos on Facebook asking people to pray for him. Photo: Facebook
Nyi Nyi Lwin, known as Gambira, was arrested on Wednesday evening at a hotel in Thailand. His wife posted the photos on Facebook asking people to pray for him. Photo: Facebook
Armed police officers took Gambira for questioning in Myanmar. His wife posted the photos on Facebook asking people to pray for him. Photo: Facebook
Armed police officers took Gambira for questioning in Myanmar. His wife posted the photos on Facebook asking people to pray for him. Photo: Facebook
Gambira, right, at a temple in Chiang Mai, last year. The former monk was a volunteer teacher at the local temple, providing lessons to migrant workers and their families.
 Photo: Steve Sandford
Gambira, right, at a temple in Chiang Mai, last year. The former monk was a volunteer teacher at the local temple, providing lessons to migrant workers and their families. Photo: Steve Sandford
Gambira received treatment at Chiang Mai hospital in 2014 for illnesses connected to his ill-treatment in Myanmar's  prison system. Photo: Steve Sandford
Gambira received treatment at Chiang Mai hospital in 2014 for illnesses connected to his ill-treatment in Myanmar's prison system. Photo: Steve Sandford

Bangkok: Myanmar authorities have arrested and jailed a former monk and leader of a 2007 uprising who returned to the country from Thailand to apply for a passport so he could travel to Australia.

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