Myanmar Poet - Khet Thi - Tortured and Killed by Military Junta

Khet Thi and his wife, Chaw Su, were both taken in for questioning on Saturday in the town of Shwebo in the Sagaing region, family members said. Chaw Su was released but Khet Thi was not.

"They called me in the morning and told me to meet him at the hospital in Monywa,” Chaw Su told BBC Burmese language news. “I thought it was just for a broken arm or something. ... But when I arrived here, he was at the morgue and his internal organs were taken out."

Family members told reporters that his body was missing some organs and showed signs of torture when they went to identify him at the morgue. The army released the body to the family, Reuters reported.

Khet Thi, penned the line, “They shoot in the head, but they don't know the revolution is in the heart.”


RIP Khet Thi

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He's the third poet they've killed. A few months ago:


Popular teacher and poet Myint Myint Zin was also killed in Monywa. Like other protesters fearing the worst, she wrote her blood type and personal details on her arm should she need to be identified. In addition to the two deaths, at least nine poets have been arrested.