21 September, International Day of Peace
22 September (1992), Founding Day of National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB = DAB + NDF +
MPU + NLD-LA)
24 September (1968), death of CPB Chairman Thakin Than Tun
24 September (1988), Founding Day of National League for Democracy (NLD)
25 September (1994), death in custody at Tharawaddy prison, U Kyi, NLD Tharawaddy, Pegu
26 September (2007), By the order of Sr-Gen Than Shwe (Butcher of Burma 2007), Aung Thaung, U
Thaung, Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Brig-Gen Win Myint, Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Col Than Han,
Lt-Col Aung Kyaw Zaw; Fascist Burman soldiers shot and killed approximately 31-200 protesters,
ransacked Buddhist monasteries, beaten monks and dissidents and arrested an estimated 3,000-6000
people. The Burma army, Light Infantry Division 66, burned an undetermined number of bodies,
some still alive, at the Ye Way crematorium sealed off by armed guards northeast of Rangoon.
Shin U Thilawuntha, professor of sacred Buddhist scripture of the Yuzana Monastery in Myitkyina,
was beaten to death in detention. Maj-Gen Ohn Myint ordered the arrest and personally involved in
the brutal torture.
You must be logged in to post a comment.