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by Michael Sullivan and Wai MoeJun, 09 2021 Myanmar poet Khet Thi died in police custody early last month. Authorities "said he died because of heart disease," his widow Chaw Su says. "But they just beat his head in." Image: File photo CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Khet Thi made cakes, ice cream and poetry. The latter may have cost him his life. He died in police custody in Myanmar early last month. The authorities say the cause was heart failure. His widow says he was beaten to death. A civil engineer by training, the 43-year-old quit his civil service job in the central Myanmar town of Shwebo i...

He Used His Poetry To Speak Out Against Myanmar's Coup. It May Have Cost Him His Life Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Myanmar poet Khet Thi died in police custody early last month. Authorities "said he died because of heart disease," his widow Chaw Su says. "But they just beat his head in." File photo CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Khet Thi made cakes, ice cream and poetry. The latter may have cost him his life. He died in police custody in Myanmar early last month. The authorities say the cause was heart failure. His widow says he was beaten to death. A civil engineer by training, the 43-year-old quit his...

In Myanmar, poets defy military's brutal war on words through pro-democracy verse

In Myanmar, an underground collective of 30 poets are spreading their protest verse online

Before he was killed, Khet Thi's poems railed eloquently against Myanmar's sudden coup, joining a deluge of protest verse celebrating democracy demonstrators and defying the military's brutal war on words. As soldiers unleashed a violent crackdown on resistance to the army takeover, he implored the public to stand firm against what he saw as an existential threat to the country's future. "We have to fight to win this battle," he wrote. "If we...