The exiled National Unity Government’s first Rohingya representative branded the execution of four human rights activists “prison murders”, reports i News.
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, senior advocacy officer at Burma Campaign UK, had known one of the four, Ko Jimmy, all her life as he was a close friend of her father, also a jailed activist.
She said: “It is a sad day. I grew up with him. He really inspired me to get involved in politics and fighting for freedom and human rights. It’s really sad that we are losing such a courageous person.”
Wai Hnin said the world must cut ties with the army, stop the flow of cash and arms and hold the junta accountable for its past and present crimes.