Myanmar people have been demonstrating against the military coup for two weeks, and Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, a 20-year-old female demonstrator, was shot in the head during the first Naypyidaw demonstration on Feb. 9 and is in critical condition. Her brother confirmed on February 19 that Tui Kai died at 11:15 a.m. on Friday after 10 days in the hospital, the first person to die during the demonstration.
According to sources, on the day the news of Tui Kyai’s death came, police and soldiers from the Burmese junta arrested about 50 protesters in the northern city of Myitkyina. The men were marching carrying the banner of the political party of senior state minister Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained by the military.
According to the Family of the deceased Tui Kyai, who had just turned 20 at the Time of the incident, she was hit by a live bullet found after doctors during a protest in the capital Naypyidaw on Feb. 9. Tui Kai has been kept alive by emergency equipment since she was taken to the hospital. Tui Kai’s attending doctor confirmed that he removed her tubes at 11:15 a.m. with the consent of her family, and that the hospital performed an autopsy on her the same afternoon. Her brother said on the phone, “I’m really sad, I have nothing to say. Her sister simply said, “Please everyone join in and grow this movement, that’s all I want to say.”
It is reported that with the news of the death of the first protester in the crackdown, people in Yangon erected altars and placed flowers in memory of Tui Kai on Friday afternoon. Some protesters said they would continue to take to the streets until Tshikai’s legacy was realized. In response, Nay Lin Htet, 24, told Reuters in Yangon, “I am proud of her and I will come out until we achieve our goal for her. Social networking sites also saw a large number of netizens mourning Tui Kyi and drawing proclamations in her memory, with some saying they would not forgive the junta officers who shot her.
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