Lily Naing Kyaw: Killing of Myanmar singer unnerves pro-military celebrities

bbc ^ | BBC Burmese Service and Vibeke Venema

[BenLurkin]

Ms Kyaw's killing is the latest in a series of assassinations of high-profile government supporters.

Four days before she was attacked, a well-known nationalist and pro-military supporter, Tint Lwin, was fatally shot in the head while at a tea shop in Yangon, the country's main city. He had been in hiding after surviving a shooting last summer.

Ms Kyaw was targeted early in the evening of 30 May while parked outside her house in Yangon's Yankin Township.

First reports said she had been killed, after an image of her lying face down in her car was shared on social media. She was taken to hospital in a critical condition and remained in a coma until she died early on 6 June. Her family confirmed her death with the BBC.

A government statement described it as the "inhumane shooting of an innocent woman". Seventeen pro-junta organisations issued statements condemning the killing. Ma Ba Tha, a hard-line nationalist Buddhist organisation, demanded better security.

[kiryandil]

Sounds like the “regime change” guys are busy in Myanmar.

[xp38]

I know Myanmar is the new name for Burma. Yangon must be the new name for Rangoon.

[yelostar]

The article states she died “early on 6 June.”

June 6 was the 55th anniversary of another assassination - Robert F Kennedy, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. RFK was shot on June 5 and died in the early hours of June 6.