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1st LD writethru: Legal advisor of Myanmar's ruling party assassinated at Yangon Int'l Airport

Xinhua, January 29, 2017 Adjust font size:

Legal advisor of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party U Ko Ni was shot dead on Sunday at about 5 p.m. local time, at Yangon International Airport, U Zaw Htay, spokesperson of the President's Office, told Xinhua.

U Ko Ni was shot at a close distance by a gunman at the airport's taxi stand near overseas arrival terminal soon after he returned from Indonesia.

The gunman was instantly arrested by police.

The investigations are underway by local authorities. Endit