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Five people, including an ousted lawmaker and three police defectors, were killed in a blast from a parcel bomb while hiding in a house in the city of Bago, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Yangon, according to local media reports on Tuesday.

Thet Win Hlaing, a regional lawmaker from the National League for Democracy (NLD) was among those killed in the blast that occurred on Monday evening, the Myanmar Now news portal reported.

The three deceased police officials had joined the civil disobedience movement against the military junta. The fifth victim was the owner of the house while another police defector was seriously injured.