Min Tayza Nyunt Tin was shot multiple times while driving his car in Yangon on Friday, according to a business colleague, media reports and a statement from the guerrilla group.
Media outlets sympathetic to the military reported on the Telegram messaging app that the 56-year-old was shot by members of the People's Defence Force. Urban guerrillas have carried out targeted killings, arson and small bombings since 2021. Victims included officials and members of the military as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators. In November 2021, a former navy officer who was the chief finance officer of Myanmar's military-linked telecommunications company was fatally shot on a Yangon street.
The guerrillas' statement also claimed Min Tayza "has publicly announced on Facebook that he shall 'only provide services to reliable friends and supporters of the military' shortly after the 2021 coup took place." "We are among many guerrilla groups in Yangon who are aware of your money laundering schemes and blood money deals, and shall spare no one standing against the Spring Revolution of Myanmar," it said.