Zaw Myat Linn, an official in Myanmar’s Ung San Suu Kyi-led National Democracy League, was arrested in Yangon early on the 9th and died in custody. The U.N. Security Council issued a statement condemning the government’s forceful crackdown, while the U.S. government sanctioned the leader’s son and daughter in hopes of preventing the coup from becoming more serious.
“The Association of Burmese Political Prisoners (AATP) issued a statement earlier, confirming the death of Shomrim, stressing that although the cause of death has not been released, the many wounds on his body suggest the possibility of an “extrajudicial execution” by the military police. Shaumilin’s wife described sadly to Free Asia TV, “His fatal wound should be a bullet through the abdomen, and there is an obvious open wound on his stomach, which exposes his organs, even his intestines are exposed a large part.”
He was a middle-ranking member of the Democratic Alliance and served as the principal of a vocational school that aimed to “lift people out of poverty with knowledge,” and was greatly respected and loved by Burmese students. Shao Myint Lin earlier mentioned via Facebook Live, “I encourage all Burmese people, day and night, without fear of Life or death, to stand together against the dictatorial government …… We want to tell the world that the Burmese people are eager for democracy and freedom, and we regard it as the most precious thing in our lives.”
Shomilin’s death is the second Democratic Alliance cadre to lose his life since the Feb. 1 coup in Burma. Earlier, Yangon democracy leader Khin Maung Latt was taken into custody on June 6 and tortured to death in prison on the same day.
Khin Maung Latt, 58, a cadre of the National League for Democracy (NLD), was arrested by Burmese military police on June 6 and died on July 7. (Photo: Reuters)
The company’s main business is to promote the development of the country’s economy. (Photo / Reuters)
The government’s report said that the government’s policy is to “protect the interests of the people of the country”. The Security Council said, “We express deep concern for medical personnel, civil society, guild personnel, media journalists, and strongly demand the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained,” and stressed that it is now closely monitoring the situation. But because permanent members China and Myanmar are traditional allies, coupled with the opposition of Russia, India, Myanmar and other countries, the Security Council could not positively designate the incident as a “coup d’état” or directly raise international warnings.
Reuters reported on October 10 that the U.S. Treasury Department said it would sanction the two children of military leader Min Aung Hlaing: Aung Pyae Sone and Khin Thiri Thet Mon, as well as the six businesses they control. Myanmar citizens’ groups revealed in January that Min Aung Hlaing had long abused his power and state resources to help his children’s businesses.
Now in the second month of the coup, thousands of protesters are still taking to the streets day after day in defiance of the military government. By the 10th, more than 2,000 protesters had been arrested for political reasons, and the death toll had climbed to more than 60. Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, who has shaken the international community by kneeling down and begging the police to stop shooting, said that her clinic in Myitkyina continues to bring in wounded people, including many children in their teens, who have been shot, shot in the head, and have broken arms and legs, “but people are bleeding in the streets and in my clinic. ”
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