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Burmese poet dies after being detained, his organs had been removed, wife says ‘HE DIDN’t COME BACK’: Khet Thi’s wife said that she received a call telling her to meet her husband at a hospital, but when she arrived he was in the morgue Reuters Burmese poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling military 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 telephone calls to request comment on the death of Khet Thi, who had pe...

May 10, 2021 Share A Myanmar poet whose work promoted resistance against the military junta has died, his family said Sunday. Khet Thi and his wife, Chaw Su, were both taken in for questioning on Saturday in the town of Shwebo in the Sagaing region, family members said. Chaw Su was released but Khet Thi was not. “They called me in the morning and told me to meet him at the hospital in Monywa,” Chaw Su told BBC Burmese language news. “I thought it was just for a broken arm or something. … But when I arrived here, he was at the morgue and his internal organs were taken out.”

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.

Share on Twitter 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, 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 c...

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