A court operating under the United Wa State Army (UWSA), one of Myanmar’s largest ethnic armed groups, handed down death sentences on Friday to two of three men they had found guilty of involvement in robbery and murder, locals said.
Starting Friday morning, Wa judicial authorities tried the three men in front of an audience at a football pitch near the marketplace in the town of Mong Pawk, eastern Shan State. Following the public trial, the three defendants were driven through the town in an open truck bed where they were fully visible to onlookers.
“Their crimes were read aloud in both Wa and Chinese,” a Mong Pawk resident said. “They were accused of robbery that resulted in a death. Two were sentenced to be executed, and the third received a prison term.”
Details of the proceedings remain unclear, and it is not known whether the accused were granted. . .
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