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Tens of thousands of people showed up on Sunday to say goodbye to Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing. They gathered in the streets of the capital Naypidaw along the route to the funeral procession, writes Reuters.
Many of those present also paid tribute with three fingers, which have been used by protesters as a show of solidarity and opposition to the coup plotters.
Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing is the first protester to lose his life in protests in the country since the military took power on February 1.
As a result, it has become a symbol of protesters and opponents of the military regime.
On weekends they celebrate and flowers are placed in front of makeshift memorials. She has been declared a martyr by many, and protesters carry photographs of her as they take to the streets to protest the coup.
Thousands of people had gathered to follow the coffin of the 20-year-old and say goodbye.
Photo: STRINGER / Reuters
– continue for her
– It’s so wasted. I’m sorry it was my own family. I also want democracy, only then their sacrifice will not have been in vain, a woman in Yangon told the BBC when Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing died on Friday.
Nay Lin Htet, 24, told Reuters that she will continue to demonstrate for Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing.
– I am proud of her and will continue to prove myself for her, until we reach our goal.
The young store worker was on the streets of Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar, on February 9, protesting the military’s takeover of power, as the police tried to disperse the crowd.
Protesters hold up a photo of Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing in Mandalay last week. The young woman has become a powerful symbol for protesters in Myanmar.
Photo: AP
Captured on video
She was shot in the head and kept in an artificial coma for 10 days before doctors pronounced her dead on Friday. Everything was captured on film and the video moved Myanmar.
The video shows her in a red sweater and motorcycle helmet. Shots are heard and she suddenly falls to the ground, before the people around her help her to get away.
He turned 20 on February 11, while lying in a hospital bed in the intensive care unit.
She was the first, but not the last, to be killed by the police during the demonstrations.
On Saturday, two other people were killed during protests in Mandalay.
Dozens of people were injured when soldiers fired at protesters with rubber bullets and sharp ammunition, volunteer health worker Hlaing Min Oo told AFP.
Despite the deaths, large demonstrations took place on Sunday in both the country’s largest city, Yangon, and the second-largest city, Mandalay, further north in Myanmar.
Condemn the violence
The world community has strongly condemned the violence in Myanmar.
UN Secretary General António Guterres took to Twitter Sunday night and wrote that he “condemns the use of deadly violence” in the country.
“The use of deadly force, threats and harassment against peaceful protesters is unacceptable,” he added.
EU Chancellor Josep Borrell also spoke on social media after the bloody Saturday in Mandalay.
– I strongly condemn the violence of the military against peaceful civilian protesters. I urge the Myanmar military and security forces to immediately stop the violence against civilians, he wrote.
He added that the EU foreign ministers would discuss the events in Myanmar at a meeting on Monday to make the “necessary decisions.”
