Kyaw Min Yu

Kyaw Min Yu (; also known as Ko Jimmy; 13 February 1969 – 23 July 2022) was a Burmese writer, political prisoner, and a member of the 88 Generation Students Group. He was executed in July 2022 after being sentenced to death for activism against the junta that seized power in a coup in 2021. He was imprisoned for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, for participating in the 8888 Uprising, and later spent another five years in prison after protesting fuel price hikes with the 88 Generation Students Group in August 2007.

Writing He wrote the self-help book Making Friendship , which became a bestseller, in 2005. On 6 September 2012, he published a novel, The Moon in Inle Lake , which had been written in 2010 during a prison sentence in Taunggyi. namely Min Ko Naing, Myo Yan Naung Thein, Insein Aung Soe, Mg Mg Aye, Pencilo, and Lynn Lynn were charged and issued arrest warrants under section 505(b) of the Myanmar Penal Code by the State Administration Council for inciting unrest against the state and threatening "public tranquility" through their social media posts. He was arrested in Dagon Township on 23 October. On 23 January 2022, the Myanmar Military Tribunal sentenced Yu to death under the country's Counterterrorism Law for contacting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, National Unity Government (NUG), and People's Defense Force (PDF). On 23 July 2022, it was announced that Yu had been executed along with Phyo Zeya Thaw and two others.

He was married to Nilar Thein, a political activist. They met while incarcerated after the 8888 Uprising and wedded after they were both released in 2004.

Death Yu was 53 years old when he was executed in July 2022.

On 28 July 2022, the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the European Union released a statement strongly condemning Kyaw Min Yu's execution by the military junta.

Publications Making Friendship (2005) The Moon in Inle Lake (2012)