04 February 2017

News Story: Myanmar gov't continues investigation into legal advisor assassination case

By Feng Yingqiu

YANGON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar government is continuing to make urgent investigation into the case of assassinating a prominent legal advisor of the ruling party U Ko Ni.

Security measures are being specially tightened in the country.

The gunman's assassination plot on U Ko Ni is assessed to aim at destabilizing the nation according to initial investigation, said the President's Office.

U Ko Ni, legal advisor of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party and an advocate, was gunned down at the Yangon international Airport on Jan. 29 afternoon upon his arrival back from a senior leadership program in Indonesia's Jakarta.

He was shot in the head by a pistol at a close distance at the airport's taxi stand near arrival terminal-1.

The gunman also killed a taxi driver who had tried to capture him before he was arrested by the police and bystanders.

Read the full story at Xinhua