25/03/23

Self-proclaimed urban guerrillas have shot and killed a veteran corporate lawyer in Myanmar’s largest city, underscoring the violent conflict between the military government and its opponents in both the nation’s metropolitan centres and its distant countryside. 

Min Tayza Nyunt Tin was shot numerous times while driving in Yangon on Friday, according to a business colleague, said media reports and a statement from the guerrilla group.

The group, which goes by the name Urban Owls, claimed that the lawyer was a business associate of the military leaders who had taken over the nation two years prior and that he had assisted them in money laundering so they could acquire real estate and other assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars abroad, reported the Associated Press.

Following the army takeover, there were numerous nonviolent protests that were violently put down, leading to armed resistance that UN experts today refer to as civil war.

Since 2021, urban insurgents have committed targeted killings, arson, and minor explosions. Officials, military personnel, and individuals thought to be informers or military collaborators were all victims. The senior financial officer of Myanmar’s military-affiliated telecommunications company, a former naval officer, was fatally shot on a Yangon street in November 2021.

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https://www.wionews.com/world/myanmar-lawyer-accused-of-helping-army-shot-dead-by-guerrillas-575642

https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-lawyer-guerrillas-assassination-44cea6a0f917059a943fad94741f1efa

https://bnn.network/world/myanmar/senior-corporate-lawyer-killed-in-myanmar-urban-owls-claim-responsibility/