CNI News
26 July 2022
The execution of Ko Jimmy, Ko Phyo Zeyar Thaw, Ko Hla Myo Aung and Ko Aung Thuya Zaw were carried out not for personal grudges but for committing killings and explosions, Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun, the head of SAC information team, said.
Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun made the comment at the 18th press briefing of the SAC held in Nay Pyi Taw at 1 pm today (26th July).
Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun said, “To do justice for the people and the country, those who cruelly killed innocent people were sentenced to death by courts of laws at various levels on behalf of the victims by allowing them to defend themselves in accordance with law. Moreover, they were sentenced to death based on sound evidence. We knew that there would be criticisms and condemnations although the cases were handled in accordance with the law of the country. However, authorities had to carry out executions for stability, the rule of law and security of the country. They were executed not out of personal grudges as some people accused. They were executed in accordance with the law.”
Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeyar Thaw.
Ko Jimmy, Ko Phyo Zeyar Thaw, Ko Hla Myo Aung and Ko Aung Thuya Zaw were arrested in October and November, 2021.
They were accused of killing administrators, teachers and civilions and launching attack against government buildings and security forces and sentenced to death under Section 49 (a), 50 (i) and 50 (j) of the Anti-terrorism Law on 21st January, 2022.
Paragraph 1019 of the Burma Jail Manual.
The SAC announced on 25th July, 2022 that the four had been executed in Insein Prison.
Local and international organizations condemned the decision.
Although their families asked authorities for their bodies, the families were not allowed to retrieve the bodies over worries about protests.
According to paragraph 660 of the Burma jail manual, the body shall remain suspended for half an hour and shall then be examined by the medical officer. It shall not be taken down until the medical officer declares life to be extinct. The bodies of the executed criminals shall be buried unless claimed by relatives or friends. When the body is claimed by relatives or friends and there are no special reasons for refusal (see paragraph 1019), it shall be carried outside the main gate and there delivered over to them.
Paragraph 1019 of the Burma Jail Manual.
Under paragraph 1019 of the jail manual, the body of any prisoner, who has died or who has been executed, in jail, shall be made over to the relatives or friends of the deceased, if claimed by them, unless there are special reason to the contrary, e.g , the prisoner is died of any infectious disease ,or, in the case of a prisoner who has been executed, if there are grounds for supposing that the prisoner’s funeral will be made the occasion for a demonstration.
