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Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has confirmed that it is investigating the death of a lawyer who was detained in Sagaing Region late last week by People’s Defence Force (PDF) troops under its command.
The lawyer, 50-year-old San San Yi, was reportedly returning to her home in Shwebo from a courthouse in Kanbalu last Thursday when her vehicle was intercepted by members of Kanbalu PDF Battalion 4.
She was then taken into custody for “questioning” along with her driver and another woman, but only the other two were released the following day, according to sources.
On Monday, her family filed a complaint with the NUG’s Northern Region Military Command, only to learn from a person close to resistance forces in the area that she was dead.
The person who informed San San Yi’s family of her death told Myanmar Now that he believed the lawyer died the day after her arrest.
“The supervisors of the local PDF groups didn’t even know that she had been killed. We only found out at around 10pm on December 5, from sources on the ground, that she was dead,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
He added that he contacted Duwa Faw Yan Naw Taung, the Battalion 4 commander, who said he was away on the day of the incident, but would accept full responsibility for any wrongdoing under his command.
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