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Another NLD Member Killed and Poet Burned to Death

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Another National League for Democracy (NLD) member was assassinated in Shan State by unknown attackers and the party’s lawmaker in Ayeyarwady Region was detained on Saturday.

Sai Kan Nyunt, a member of the NLD who ran in the November general election for Hsipaw Township, was hacked to death at noon in Kho Yaung village, Tangyan Township, while traveling from Hsipaw.

A social worker said the NLD MP was found dead with knife cuts and bruises. His body was taken to a Tangyan hospital. The attackers have not been identified.

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