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  Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, died in detention and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said on Sunday. A spokesman for the junta did not answer calls to request comment on the death of Khet Thi, who had penned the line "They shoot in the head, but they don't know the revolution is in the heart." His Facebook page said he was 45. Khet Thi's wife said both of them were taken for interrogation on Saturday by armed soldiers and police in the central town of Shwebo, in the Sagaing region - a centre of resistance to the coup ...

Body of detained Myanmar poet returned to family 'with tongue damaged and organs removed' 10 May, 2021 05:56 PM 4 minutes to read Myanmar pageant contender calls for urgent international aid. Video / Bloomberg Daily Telegraph UK By: Nicola Smith Myanmar's anti-coup movement has been left reeling after the death of a high-profile poet following his arrest by junta forces at the weekend. Khet Thi, 45, who penned poetry in an act of resistance to military rule, died in detention overnight after being interrogated on Saturday by armed soldiers in the central town of Shwebo. His grieving family sa...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   May 10, 2021 09:22 AM EDT (Photo : Photo by Stringer/Getty Images) YANGON, MYANMAR - APRIL 03: Anti-coup protesters hold improvised weapons during a protest in Yangon on April 03, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military Junta continued a brutal crackdown on a nationwide civil disobedience movement in which thousands of people have turned out in continued defiance of live ammunition. Local media and monitoring organizations estimate that over 500 people have been killed since the coup began. A Myanmar poet, Khet Thi, died in deten...

10 May 2021 Burmese poet Khet Thi, an ardent opponent of the junta that seized control of Myanmar from its elected civilian government in February, was arrested by regime forces Saturday along with his wife Chaw Su. Chaw Su was released after interrogation, but Khet Thi died in custody, allegedly due to heart failure. His body was returned to his family with his internal organs missing. Khet Thi, 45 according to his Facebook profile, had been using his poetry to criticize the junta. Reuters portrayed him as a lively writer, a former engineer who quit his job in 2012 to focus on poetry, whose...

Myanmar poet dies, with the organs removed after being detained, his family says 10 May 2021 - 11:20 By Reuters Chaw Su said the army had planned to bury him but that she pleaded with them for the body. She did not say how she knew her husband's organs had been removed. Image: 123RF/Stockstudio44 Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, died in detention overnight and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said on Sunday. A spokesman for the junta did not answer calls to request comment on the death of Khet Thi, wh...