Death of Khant Nyar Hein

Khant Nyar Hein
ခန့်ညားဟိန်း
Born
Khant Nyar Hein

2003 or 2004
Yangon, Myanmar
Died14 March 2021 (aged 17)
Tamwe Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Other namesLin Yaozong
OccupationThe Martyr of Myanmar's Democracy
Parent(s)Thein Zaw (father)
Kyu Thin (mother)

Khant Nyar Hein (Burmese: ခန့်ညားဟိန်း; 2003/2004 — 14 March 2021), also known as Lin Yaozong (Chinese: 耀), was a Burmese medical student and activist.[1] He was killed during the 2021 Myanmar protests.[2][3][4] Khant Nyar Hein became an icon of the anti-coup protest movement after his death. He is remembered as a martyr of Myanmar's democracy.[5][6][7][8]

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  3. ^ "ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် ကျောင်းသား မောင်ခန့်ညားဟိန်း". BBC Burmese (in Burmese). 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Here Are the Children Killed by the Myanmar Regime's Forces Since Feb. 1". The Irrawaddy. 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Voices of Myanmar's Martyrs Will Not Be Silenced by the Junta". The Irrawaddy. 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "စစ်ကောင်စီလက်နက်ကိုင်များက သပိတ်မှောက်ပြည်သူများကို ပစ်ခတ်နှိမ်နင်းမှုတွင် ယခုတစ်ပတ်အတွင်း ကျဆုံးသူမှာ နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေးကာလ ကျဆုံးသူစုစုပေါင်း၏ ၇၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းရှိသည်". Myanmar Now (in Burmese). 21 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Voices of Myanmar's Martyrs Will Not Be Silenced by the Junta". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 11 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Khant Nyar Hein: A 17-year-old fallen hero of the Spring Revolution who promised to give free treatment to the poor when he becomes a medical doctor". Progressive Voice. 14 March 2021.