KNU-Karen National Union confirmed that the SAC Military arrested and tortured and killed one citizen in Sawhti Township, Brigade 3, Khalel Lwihtu District, Kaw Thoo Lei Administrative Area, and sent the body back to his family.
The Karen National Union confirmed that the deceased was 40-year-old Ko Kyaw Zin Latt (b) Shangyi, 40 years old, from Sate Kaly Suetaw Village, Saw Hti Township, who was arrested by the commander of the 207th Battalion of the SAC and held for three days for interrogation.
On the 25th, Kyaw Zin Latt (b) Shangyi, who was unjustly arrested and killed did not meet with his family while being detained and interrogated by the SAC, and the body was brought back to the family by the charity car of the Theinzayat Funeral Society on the 25th.
According to the statement of the Karen National Union, Kyaw Zin Lat (b) Shangyi, who was unjustly arrested and killed by the SAC Military, was a motorbike taxi business and delivered a passenger to the side of Theinzayat in Kyaikhto Township last Jan. 22.
Last Jan. 22, after delivering the passenger, a betel shop owner in front of the 207th Battalion of the SAC in Theinzayat sought to accuse the deceased Kyaw Zin Latt (b) Shan Gyi of taking her husband to the PDF, and a commander of the 207th battalion who was sitting in the betel shop called him to the battalion and arrested him and took him for interrogation.
Last Jan. 22, Saw Eh Htoo (35) and Saw Par Chit (30) from Tone Tadar Village, Ler Doh Township were arrested by the SAC Military, their family members haven’t got any information, and they are still missing.
Photo – Karen National Union