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| A student activist during the uprising of 1988, Ko Ni was a political prisoner |
A leading lawyer and adviser to Aung
San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party has been shot
dead at Yangon airport in Myanmar.
A suspect has been detained but there are no details on the motive. Ko Ni was one of few prominent Muslims in a country dominated by Buddhists.
It is not clear if that was a factor in his death. Political killings are extremely rare in Myanmar, also called Burma.
His daughter, Yin Nwe Khine, told Reuters he was "often threatened" because he had spoken out against the continuing influence of the military on politics.
"We were warned to be careful, but my father didn't accept that easily. He always did what he thought was right.
"A lot of people hate us because we have different religious beliefs, so I think that might be why it happened to him, but I don't know the reason."