Myanmar orders body of slain journalist to be exhumed


  • World
  • Monday, 03 Nov 2014

Than Dar, the wife of slain journalist Par Gyi, stands in front of a family photograph showing herself, her husband and daughter posing with Aung San Suu Kyi, during a Reuters interview at her home in Yangon October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

YANGON (Reuters) - Police in Myanmar have been ordered to exhume the body of a journalist who was shot dead by the Army last month, the victim’s wife told Reuters on Monday.

The incident comes at a sensitive time for Myanmar as the government prepares to host U.S. President Barack Obama at a regional summit later this month.

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