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Win Maw Oo

One day after the junta staged a military coup on September 18, 1988, Win Maw Oo was shot by troops at the corner of

Slue Pagoda and Merchant roads, she was only16 years old and a high school female student and was a member of

the Student Union.

As soon as the army started shooting, chaos broke out. Some students dived to the ground. At the time, Win Maw Oo was

kneeling and holding a picture of national hero General Aung San. She was then shot in her left thigh and calf and fell all

the way down, but she still held on to the picture of Aung San and tried to stand up again.

Medical students Min Thein and Saw Lwin carried the injured Win Maw Oo to Rangoon Hospital at 1 p.m., but she died at

around 5:30 pm.

The death of Win Maw Oo has become an icon of the massive anti-junta uprisings across Burma in 1988. Junta forces

killed more than 3,000 protesters across the country within the few days following the coup, and the end of 1988, with

many more missing, killed an estimated 10,000.

History of Win Maw Oo

Win Maw Oo ( September 19 , 1988 / 16 yrs old / S.H. S no 4 , kyit myin Tai )Win

Maw Oo was a high-school student who was shot dead by Burmese soldiers during

The 1988 student protests she was one of the hundreds of protestors killed in Rangoon

after the military coup of the 18th of September 1988 “I got a phone call from

The hospital September, 19, 1pm she was still conscious at the time” Win Maw Oo’s

Father, Win Kyu, recounted how he learnt of his daughter’s fate. “She gave them

The names of her father and mother, and home address and telephone number at the

Hospital after the operations, she was put in the intensive-care room. She was

unconscious. I had to go to retrieve her body from a doctor. I asked the cause of her

death. The doctor told me it was due to shrapnel wounds. Only then was I able to

retrieve her body. I was told to bury her within 24 hours. I also had to sign a pledge

saying that she was not involved in [political] activities. Her younger sisters and

brothers weren’t able to see her when we buried her. At the funeral, there were only

25 people at most. We had to do it behind locked doors.” “ I still miss my daughter

Every day,” says Win Maw Oo’s mother, Khin Htay Htay Win. “To day, I want to

Cry the way my daughter cried. They said that they shot in the air, but they aimed

Straight at her that’s why she died straight away. In my heart, I know my daughter did

it for her country; she gave up her life for the country.”

News and Photo : Aung Myint Htun ( 88GSE )