At least 21 tortured bodies, including National League for Democracy members, election officials and pro-democracy activists, have been returned to families.
Myanmar Junta Forces Beat Man to Death in Bago Region, Keep Body
Ko Aung Myint Hlaing, 32, died after a brutal beating by regime forces. / Supplied
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By The Irrawaddy 7 May 2021
Ko Aung Myint Hlaing, a 32-year-old electrical engineer, was beaten to death by regime forces on Tuesday night shortly after being detained for questioning in Bago Region’s Pyay Township.
His family was refused permission to retrieve his body for a funeral.
The man’s family told The Irrawaddy that regime forces including plainclothes military men arrested him at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in a bomb blast in front of a branch of military-owned Innwa Bank in Shwetaung in late April.