Activist Kyaw Min Yu, also known as 'Jimmy' (left) and ex-lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw who were sentenced to death are expected to be hanged. - AFP
YANGON (AFP): Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990, a spokesman told AFP on Friday (June 3).
Four people, including former MP Phyo Zeya Thaw and democracy activist Ko Jimmy, "who were sentenced to death will be hanged according to prison procedures", Zaw Min Tun told AFP.
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