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Monday, May 13, 2013

အီးေမးကရတဲ့စာပါ။ ေ၀ဖန္သုံးသပ္ၾကပါ။



Who can heal my heart?
My niece mysteriously died on 20 April, 2013. The police are refusing to investigate the death, They have hidden or destroyed evidence, and they have not made any attempts to question or investigate the main suspect. Because of this injustice our family asks for your help to so the truth about his tragic death can be found, and the persons responsible will face justice.
The facts of the event.
Naw May Thu Thu  Zaw (NMTTZ), returned to Yangon on 18 April from Bible study camp that was held in May Myo from 12-18 April. Her friends who were with her at the camp said she was happy and she met many new people.

NMTTZ turned 18 in January this year. She was attending the 2nd year of University of Medical Technology, where she got 5 Ds and she passed the matriculation. NMTTZ had a boyfriend, Ye Min Oo, who is a 2nd year medical student. NMTTZ wanted to separate from her boyfriend, and this created arguments and difficulties between them.
According to KMTTZ’s half sister, Kam Mon Htwe (who is now attending at the Medical college), she had heard NMTTZ arguing with her boyfriend concerning NMTTZ is separating from him. On the 19th of April Ye Min Oo called KMTTZ and asked to met her. He wanted to get together on that day for going to Shwe Dagon pagoda, Pyithuyinpyin, and Junction Square for buying wool doll for his birthday present, but she refused. After more calls, NMTTZ finally she said she will go and meet him for the last time. She left her home at around 11;00 on 19th of April. As she left she said “Am I not pretty with this my new dress” to her Aunty and her half sister.
Ye Min Oo picked her up by his own car which he drove himself. His uncle was also in that car. However, later at the police questioning Ye Min Oo claimed that that his cousin was driving the car on that day and his uncle is not in the car.
Later on the 19th at around 5 pm NMTTZ mother tried to call her but no one answered the phone. Her mother then called Ye Min Oo's phone number (she got eh number from NMTTZ’s half sister). but no-one answered his phone either. Soon after, however, some unknown young women answered NMTTZ’s phone, and said that Ye Min Oo had forgotten his phone in the car and now NMTTZ and Ye Min Oo were visiting the town by taxi.

At 7:50 pm a young male called NMTTZ’s mother, and said that NMTTZ was already on the bus going home, and she should be picked up. She did not arrive. At around 11 that night it was realized that she was missing and the family began searching for her.

On the morning of the 20th KMTTZ’s mother and Uncle, Saw Aye Min went together to Hmawbi Police station to open a case at there. The Hmawbi police said the person disappeared in Insein town ship and living in Mayangone township so that that police suggested them to go to Mayangone police station.
On the 21st they went together to Ye Min Oo' home at 8 am and asked them that whether are they stealing NMTTZ, his niece and hiding her. They replied that they were not hiding nor stealing her. After a discussion between the families they went together to Mayangone station. The Mayangone police station postponed the case to Bayint Naung police station by saying that NMTTZ, your niece is now living in Mayan gone township.
On the 22nd NMTTZ’s family placed advertisements in newspapers for their missing relative. The pressed the Bayint Naung police station to start an investigation. As that time, they got a telephone message from Ye Min Oo saying that he was contacted by the telephone number of NMTTZ. This could not be possible at NMTTZ only had a sim card and not a telephone.
On the 23rd, on the way to Bayint Naung police KMTTZ’s family received news that a slim bag was at the Hlaing Thar Yar police office. In the bag was an ID card with her address, a Student card with her full address, and an American Centre card with a contact address. The slim bag was received by the police on the 19th at 8:15 pm on the Aung Zay Ya bridge. The police in charge on the bridge transferred to the station that bag since 8:30 pm on 19th, but only informed the family about this 4 days later. The officer was a Chin Christian police, and he witnessed at worship at his church on Sunday about the slim bag, and that a girl may have jumped into the river. His pastor sends a phone called to another pastor who is leading an orphanage near to NMTTZ’s mother’s home in Kaw Chan village, Hmawbi.
When the family got the slim bag at the Hlaing Thar Yar station they got another telephone  message that a unknown body was at the Insein Station. They went to Insein station where they saw a photo of the body and confirmed it was NMTTZ.

The Insein police station had the body since the 20th but they did not distribute the photo to other stations. They considered the body is an unknown body and sent the body to Insein hospital and let the hospital cremate it. There was no autopsy or checking of the body. The medical doctor did not check the stomach and uterus. The Doctors did not check anything about the body. The police also contacted Ye Min Oo's family first and they were able to get to the hospital before NMTTZ’s family.

The official record according to the medical letter from Insein hospital is that NMTTZ died by drowning into Pan Hlaing river. There was water found in her lungs.

Poor policing.
There are many problems and inconsistencies with each idea that NMTTZ down by falling or jumping off the Aung Zay Ya bridge.
The policing is very poor, with all police station passing off responsibility from one to another. The Bayint Naung Station did not distribute a photo of NMTTZ to other station when the case is opened, even though they said they will distribute within 2 hours.

Hlaing Thar Yar Police Station did not contact the family even though they had the student and ID cards with her full, which they received on the 19th, but only made the call on the 232rd.

Insein Station did not attempt to contact the family when they had her body, but rather rushed it to a cremation without a proper autopsy or investigation.
The Insein Police and Yangon Police is now looking for a taxi that Ye Min Oo and NMTTZ supposed used to travel downtown on the 19th.
After the family wrote letters of complaint, Yangon Division Police Officers asked many questions. But, according to the family, they are emphasizing questions that are not so important. They were given details of the family’s suspicion, but they did not pay attention to those facts and they do not suspect Ye Min Oo.

Suspicious Denials
When NMTTZ’s mother received the call to get her daughter at around 7: 50 pm, her bag was found soon after at 8: 15 pm on the Aung Zay Ya bridge. The bus station where Ye Min Oo said she got on bus and the Ag Zay Ya bridge is over one mile and there 2 traffic points and any body cannot arrive there within 30 minutes. The person who made the call must have known she was not catching a bus, and the person probably knows she was thrown or fell from the bridge.  
According to some relatives of NMTTZ, the police officers of Insein Township are closed with Ye Min Oo’s family. Witnesses have said that police or some guys received between 500,000 and 1,000,000 kyats which were divided among themselves in front of mortuary Insein on the evening of the 23rd.
The only news NMTTZ’s family have received about her body was from Ye Min Oo’s family. They say that her make up was still on her cheek and her body is still fresh and mild. Ko San Win, also known as Gauk Gyi, and officer Hla Aung from Insein police station said that there were some make up on her face and some yellow bubbles on her mouth when they got her from water around 9 am on the 20th. There is a possibility that she was given a drug or poison, but this cannot be tested since the body is cremated. .
The Family’s Views.
The family believe that Ye Min Oo is responsible. Even though some persons are trying to prove that she is committing suicide, they feel she was murdered by her boyfriend, likely with the help of some other people. There are too many inconsistencies with the story of suicide:
She was happy and the family firmly believed that she could not take her own life.
The details of the afternoon by Ye Min Oo’s family have too many inconsistencies to be believed. She cannot have been dropped off at the bus station, and then commit suicide minutes later.
The police would always contact Ye Min Oo’s family first when new evidence arrived, and not NMTTZ’s family.
The police disposed of the body quickly not allowing for an investigation.
They delayed giving news to the family for days, such as the discovery of the bag. At the least these are examples of extremely poor policing. At the most the police are complicit in the cover up of the murder.
Although this case is investigating by Insein police station, the family fear that the case will dim slowly and disappear. They want the C.I.D. from Naypyidaw handling the case. They want to see justice and do not want a murder to go free. 
A letter has been sent to Prime Minister of Yangon Division, Minister of Interior of Yangon, Chief of Police (Naypyidaw), Chief Police of Criminal Investigation Department(Naypyidaw), Chief of Police of Northern District, Yangon, and Chief Police of Human Trafficking Department, the Minister of Interior, Chief of police, and Chief of CID. On Monday, and Daw Aung San Su Kyi.

Please help the family uncover the truth of this tragic event.
Saw Aye Min                                                                                                                              
 Uncle of Naw May Thu Thu Zaw                                                                                      
 12/Dagana ( Nai) 008730                                                                                                            
 927, Seminary lane, East Gyogone, Insein Township, Yangon.