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Another NLD Member Killed and Poet Burned to Death
The NLD s Shan State member Sai Kan Nyunt
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By The Irrawaddy 16 May 2021
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.