
Shadowy pro-military militias target Myanmar’s anti-coup movement
A month ago, the body of a man was found dumped by the side of the road in Myanmar’s central city of Mandalay.
The victim had been stabbed multiple times, and his hands tied behind his back.
Attached to a lanyard around the neck of National League for Democracy (NLD) member Zaw Gyi the killers had left their calling card: a red circle depicting a warrior holding two swords.
The circle is the symbol of a new pro-military death squad terrorising Myanmar called Thway Thauk Apwe, which roughly tr