Myanmar: Assassins kill over 1,500 USDP members and supporters, says party's chairman


A memorial monument erected at the party headquarters for USDP members killed in the assassination attempt. - Eleven Media Group/ANN

YANGON, May 16 (Eleven Media Group/ANN): U Than Htay, chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), told the BBC in an exclusive interview that more than 1,500 USDP members and supporters had been killed in the assassinations.

An exclusive interview between the USDP chairman U Than Htay and the BBC was published on the BBC Burmese Facebook Page on May 11.

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