Myanmar junta executes two pro-democracy rivals

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 25, 2022 2:15 pm

YANGON: Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, state media said on Monday, in the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

The four were executed for leading 'brutal and inhumane terror acts,' the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said.

This combination of file photos shows undated handout photographs released by Myanmar's Military Information Team on January 21, 2022 of democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, also known as 'Jimmy', who rose to prominence during Myanmar's 1988 student uprising and was arrested in an overnight raid in October 2021 (left) and former lawmaker Maung Kyaw, who also goes by the name Phyo Zeya Thaw, who has been accused of orchestrating several attacks on regime forces. AFP PHOTO

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