January 29, 2017
A prominent legal advisor of the ruling National
League for Democracy (NLD) was gunned down at Yangon International Airport
yesterday upon his arrival back from Indonesia after the conclusion of a
leadership programme in Jakarta. The gunman also killed a taxi driver who had
tried to detain him before he was arrested by police and bystanders.
U Ko Ni was shot in the head at close range on Sunday
at about 5pm as he was standing at the platform outside the airport after his
return to Yangon from Indonesia, where he had attended the Senior Leadership
Program in Jakarta and Maluku Province of Indonesia from 22 to 29 January.
Police and people nearby managed to arrest the
gunman shortly after he killed U Ko Ni and U Nay Win, 42, the taxi driver. The
taxi driver was shot in pubic and died on the way to hospital.
The police said the name of the gunman is Kyi Lin,
53, of Maha Aungmyay Township, Mandalay. The Police seized one 9mm pistol and
nine bullets and one five-barrel gun with four bullets from him. He is under
interrogation in an ongoing investigation.
Officials on social media expressed their sadness
and outrage upon hearing of the assassination.
“A very dark day for Myanmar. Just hearing the
incredibly tragic and upsetting news that U Ko Ni was just assassinated at
Yangon airport,” tweeted U Thant Myint-U, an advisor to Myanmar’s president.
Pictures of a man said to be the suspect covered in
blood wearing a pink shirt are being distributed widely on social media.
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar
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