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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Myanmar's government announced Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year. World News | Myanmar Executes NLD Lawmaker, 3 Other Political Opponents.
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of
Ko Jimmy, Phyo Zeya Thaw and two others were killed in the first judicial executions since 1988.
The executions mark the first cases of capital punishment in the country in decades.
Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years with the hangings of a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men convicted of targeted violence after the military takeover last year