Depayin massacre
2003 CE.
Shown on the map at 22.467°, 95.150°.
The Depayin massacre (Burmese: ဒီပဲယင်း လူသတ်မှု) occurred on 30 May 2003 in Tabayin (Depayin), a town in Myanmar's Sagaing Division (now Sagaing Region), when at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy were killed by a government-sponsored mob. In an April 2012 interview, Khin Nyunt, formerly the country's prime minister, claimed that he personally intervened to save Aung San Suu Kyi's life during the massacre, by mobilising his men to bring her to a safe location at a nearby army cantonment. According to an eyewitness account published by Radio Free Asia in September 2003, government officials arrived in the area several days before the attack, commandeering a local school and requisitioning 50 to 60 trucks and vans to transport members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) to the ambush site. The witness, who identified himself as a USDA member recruited to participate in the attack, alleged that military officers coordinated the operation by radio, including directing two vehicles to collide with Aung San Suu Kyi's car before the convoy was blocked near Ye-U.
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