A female staff member from South Korea’s Shinhan Bank died in Yangon on Friday morning after being shot in the head two days earlier by the junta’s armed forces.
Su Su Kyi, the 33-year-old bank staffer, was shot on the U Chit Maung Road in Tamwe township while returning home from work in a corporate vehicle on Wednesday.
The junta’s troops reportedly tried to stop the vehicle and opened fire on it when the driver did not pull over.
After being treated for two nights at Yangon General Hospital, friends of Suu Suu Kyi said that she died of her injuries on Friday morning.
Her funeral was scheduled for Friday afternoon in Yangon.
The Korea Times reported on Thursday that Shinhan Bank had decided to temporarily shut down its office in Yangon after one of its employees was shot by the military and, at the time of reporting, was in critical condition.
The report cited the bank’s spokesperson, who said that all employees in its Yangon office had started working from home after the incident. The Shinhan headquarters was reportedly considering ordering Korean staff to leave Myanmar.
According to the advocacy group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, at least 543 people have been killed by the junta since the military seized power on February 1 in a coup that overthrew elected civilian leaders.
