Nay Pyi Taw has hospital staff to wrap the body of Myo Tui Tui Kai black plastic bags carried on the truck. (Photo source: Internet photo)
A 20-year-old Burmese woman who was shot while participating in an anti-junta demonstration last week died yesterday (19) morning, becoming the first martyr to protest against the military coup.
Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing was a grocery store employee. According to the Associated Press, she was participating in a protest in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on the 9th when she was dispersed by police. A video shows Myo Thwe Thwe Khaing dodging a water cannon when a bullet pierced the helmet she was wearing and Myo Thwe Thwe Khaing then fell to the ground.
According to reports, after Myo Tui Tui Kai was admitted to the hospital, doctors ruled her brain dead and she was kept alive on artificial Life support measures for 10 days. Myo Tui Tui Kai spent her 20th birthday in the intensive care unit.
According to Reuters, doctors said she was hit by live ammunition. The Irrawaddy reported that Mya Tui Tui Kai was standing in a bus stop to avoid a water cannon and had no intention of approaching a police roadblock.
Myo Twe Twe Kyi’s death sparked outrage among many Burmese people. More than 100 people in Yangon erected an altar on the road in the city center and placed black and white photos, flowers and cards of Myo Twe Twe Kyi to pay tribute. A poster with a 15-meter-high photo of her at the moment of the attack was hung on a bridge in Yangon like a monument. A large number of netizens on social media platforms posted tributes to Myo Twe Twe Kay and commemorated her with drawings and literature.
Myo Twe Twe Kyi’s sister said that there are no words to describe the grief her Family is experiencing and called on everyone to keep fighting the military dictatorship until it collapses.
The Burmese military staged a coup on Feb. 1, capturing top leaders such as Aung San Suu Kyi. The Burmese people then launched protests, which led to the first bloodshed on Feb. 9. In addition to Myo Twe Twe Kyi, three other people were injured by police with suspected rubber bullets during the bloody clashes on Feb. 9 and are currently receiving treatment.
According to The News Lens, citing FrontierMyanmar, anti-coup protests continued in Yangon, Mandalay and Myitkyina on February 19. People gathered in downtown Yangon as police barricaded roads in an attempt to prevent major protests, but this did not stop the protesters from converging, marching and staging sit-ins in the streets with slogans such as Free Aung San Suu Kyi, No to the Coup and Civil Disobedience Movement.
According to the Burma Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners, 521 people had been detained in Burma as of the 18th, of which only 44 had been released.
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