RANGOON (The Irrawaddy/Pacific Media Watch): The wife of journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, who was killed by the Burmese military last month, says she has seen signs of torture on her husband's body, The Irrawaddy has reported.
Naing was killed on October 4 by the Burmese military, who had arrested him two weeks earlier while he was covering a story.
For those two weeks, the Burmese military held Naing in custody without letting anyone know where he was. Even after they killed him, they did not tell his wife, Ma Thandar, that he was dead but allegedly buried his body in secret instead.
Only after protests in Burma and much lobbying by Ma Thandar, did the military reveal that they had killed Naing, The Irrawaddy reported.
His body was exhumed this week and Ma Thandar told The Irrawaddy magazine that Naing's jawbone was broken, his teeth "not in good shape", the bones in his head crushed and that she could not find any wounds that looked like bullet holes.
The official autopsy had said Naing was killed by five bullets.
The military had earlier said they shot Naing because he was trying to escape.
Burma's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has opened an investigation into the murder.
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