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MANDALAY DIVISION – Locals reported that the junta council abducted and murdered a retired school teacher from Taungtha who went to the police station to sign a letter of undertaking after falling for the junta council’s invitation to those involved in the revolution to return to normal lives after signing the letter of undertaking.
The pupils of Mr. Thaung Yee, the 67-year-old retired school teacher from Yonepin Village in Taungtha, were informed that the retired teacher was abducted, tortured and murdered by the junta council after he went to sign the letter of undertaking.
“The teacher and his wife went to the police station to sign the guarantee. The wife was released but he was detained and cut off all contacts. His body was not returned even after his death. They only informed of his death after burning the body on their own,” said a resident.
Mr. Thaung Yee was a well-respected retired teacher who participated in the revolution against the junta regime. He has fled arrest at the hands of the junta forces, taking shelter at a safe place for months.
He reportedly returned to the village after the junta council announced in April, inviting the people involved in the revolution to return to their daily lives after signing a guarantee, and was detained when he turned himself in at the police station.
Mr. Thaung Yee and his wife went to the Taungtha Police Station on May 6 and rumours of his death started floating on May 18. However, when questioned, the junta council police force denied his death. Only on May 23 was the wife informed of his death.
“We can’t believe that he is dead. His family still cannot accept it. They had to hold funeral rites for him without even receiving the body,” said one Taungtha resident.
According to residents, Mr. Thaung Yee and his wife had no children of their own and had lived quiet lives together with relatives. Taungtha People’s Strike Committee also conveyed their respect to the deceased teacher who “fell in the junta interrogation while opposing the unlawful coup and working for justice”.
Another Taungtha resident expressed their sorrow for the retired teacher who lost his life after putting trust in the words of the junta regime and called his murder “a war crime”.