Myanmar marks 75th anniversary of killing of founding father but his daughter Suu Kyi is languishing in jail

Traffic police stand guard on a street in Yangon on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, on the 75th Martyrs' Day that marks the anniversary of the assassination of independence leaders including general Aung San, father of the currently deposed and imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi. - AFP

YANGON, July 19(AP): Myanmar’s military-ruled government and its opponents on Tuesday marked the 75th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero General Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Scattered pro-democracy rallies were held Tuesday in several cities across the country commemorating Aung San, six Cabinet colleagues and two other officials who were killed 75 years ago at a Cabinet meeting less than six months before the country, then called Burma, achieved its independence from British colonial rule.