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PEC condemns Myanmar junta for murdering reporter

February 13/ 2024 | View Counts :5543
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By Navathakuria

Geneva, 12 February 2024:  Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, hascondemned the murder of Myanmar journalistKo Myat Thu Tun (alias Phoe Thiha) along with six other political prisoners by the military junta under their custody.


It came to public notice onlyafter the Arakan Army, a Rakhine based ethnic armed group, captured  Mrauk-U township from the juntaforces and discovered theirbodies, reported local media.

According to a statement issued by the Arakan Army, most of the deceased were under forties and theexact dates of their killing are yetto be confirmed. A former reporter for Democratic Voice of Burma, Myat Thu Tun also contributed under the name of Phoe Thiha  to other media outlets like 7 Day News Journal,The Voice, Development Media Group,etc.


Another victim  Ko Kyaw Zan Wai  was an active  social media user, who often posted humorouscontent about the junta.

“It’s shocking that the Rakhine journalist was murdered by the junta soldiers when he was under theircustody. The frustrated military junta,which is facing offensives from a number of armed groups with failures in many battles, must respect the civilian’s rights.


For any reason, the Min Aung Hlaing ledmilitary regime in Naypietaw, should beallowed to kill a  media person. We demand a fair probe into the incident to bring the militarydictators under the international criminallaws,” said PEC president Blaise Lempen.

PEC’s southeast Asia representative informed that Myat Thu Tun along with other six civilians were seeminglykilled on  31 January by two soldiersbelonging to 378th Light Infantry Battalion as they faced the AA offensive in Mrauk-U locality inwestern Myanmar. 


The bodies were alsoburied in a bomb shelter near the township hospital. Shockingly, the junta has not issued any statementon the incident and hence the familywas unaware about the death of Myat Thu Tun, who was arrested from his residence a few months back.

 

 

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