Authorities exhume body of Myanmar protest icon, deny link to death
March 7, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
In this March 3, 2021 file photo, incense sticks are lit at the Yunnan Chinese temple as people view the body of Kyal Sin, also known by her Chinese name Deng Jia Xi, a 20-year-old university student who was shot in the head while she attended an anti-coup protest rally in Mandalay, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
YANGON (Kyodo) -- Myanmar authorities exhumed the body of a 19-year-old woman who was shot dead during an anti-coup protest last week, and claimed that her death had nothing to do with police firing, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.