AUNG SAN SUU KYI PARTY OFFICIALS DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY: PROTEST ERUPTS

  • 07/03/2021

An official from the party of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi died overnight in police custody .The cause of Khin Maung Latt's death was not known, but according to Reports, the body was found with a bloodstained cloth around the head.Sithu Maung, a member of the dissolved parliament, said in a Facebook post that Khin Maung Latt was his campaign manager and was arrested on Saturday night in the Pabedan district of Yangon.In the wake of this incident, protests were held in at least half a dozen cities in some of the most widespread action against the coup last month. And security forces cracked down on many of the protests across the country on Sunday.The United Nations says security forces have killed more than 50 people to stamp out daily demonstrations and strikes in the Southeast Asian nation since the military overthrew and detained Suu Kyi on February 1.

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