In this file photo taken on March 2, 2021, mourners give the three-finger salute as the coffin of Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing, who died from a gunshot wound while attending a demonstration against the military coup, is carried during his funeral service in Yangon. - Myanmar's military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- the 100 days that followed have seen mass street protests, bloody crackdowns by the junta, economic turmoil and growing international concern. - AFP
YANGON, May 9 (Reuters): 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 (May 9).
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.
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