Secretary of Junta backed USDA assassinated

by Mizzima News

Sunday, 04 May 2008 20:46

A member of Burma's junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association in northern Shan state was shot death while two other officials were severely injured when anonymous gunmen fired them on Sunday. Kyaw Myint, secretary of the USDA in Nam Kham town in Shan state along with Kyaw Sein from the electricity department and Tin Aung from the geological survey department, were attacked by unknown gunmen for conducting campaigns to win supporting votes for the upcoming referendum on May 10, sources said. Kyaw Myint, who is also representative to the junta's 14 years long National Convention that ended in September last year, died on the spot after being hit on the face and chest with bullets. But the other two sustain severe injuries and are reportedly taken to the Nam Kham hospital's emergency ward for treatment. Sources said, Kyaw Myint's assassination, however, is not the first such incident in Shan state. On April 9, the USDA secretary in Pan San Township in Muse District was shot by three gun men while campaigning to people to support the government's draft constitution. Similarly, another USDA official in Sittwe Township of Arakan State on April 21, was stabbed by a civilian while campaigning to people to vote in favor of the constitution in the upcoming referendum. < Prev   Next >