Mar 20, 2006 (DVB0 - The funeral ceremony for ex-political prisoner Thet Naing Oo was held at Hteinpin cemetery in western Rangoon on 20 March and it was attended by more than 1000 mourners including the National League for Democracy (NLD) members, veteran politicians, student leaders and other supporters of democracy. The remains of Thet Naing Oo was cremated after people paid their last respect to him by citing prayers and laying down flower garlands. He was beaten to death by members of Rangoon Kyimyintaing (Kemmendine) Township reserve fire brigade and Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) on 17 March during a brawl. Thet Naing Oo was actively involved in the 1988 nationwide pro-democracy uprising and subsequently joined the armed student group, the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) in the jungles. In 1998, he was captured by the authorities and sentenced to 14 years in prison and released in November 2002. “He has a good heart and carries out duties for other people,” his mother San Yi told DVB. “I believe that he is an invaluable son who does not care for his own life in order to selflessly carry out his duties for the majority. Whatever difficulties he faced, as he went to the jungles, I always missed him and felt sad. He is always in my mind. But on the other hand, I am feeling proud for a son who selflessly works for the benefits of the majority by sacrificing his life and left this world. I can comfort myself in the thoughts that he is a valuable son.”
Intelligence agents and security personnel also came to the funeral and took the pictures of the mourners.
Ref Site: Democratic Voice of Burma