which is facing a surge of coronavirus cases. one of the country s senior leaders, nyan win who you see here has just died of covid 19. he was top advisor to aung saan su kyi. he too was arrested after the military coup in myanmar in february and contracted the disease in prison. these images are from the capital yangon. as is the case with many other countries in the region, myanmar s wave of coronavirus cases is driven by the delta variant although a lack of transparency by the military regime is making it hard to establish just how bad it is. on monday more than 1,500 dead bodies were cremated in the capital yangon that s significantly higher than the official daily death toll of 281 reported for the day. jonathan head reports from bangkok in neighbouring thailand. he was one of the best known in their national league for democracy and his death from covid 19 in custody brought on the huge risk posed to the thousands who have been detained by the