Indigenous environmental campaigner killed by Myanmar government

Karen state activists mourning community leader Saw O Moo, who campaigned to protect a local forest and for residents' land rights

Indigenous activists in Myanmar's Karen state are mourning the killing of a community leader who campaigned for a peace park to protect a local forest and its residents' land rights.

Saw O Moo was ambushed by government troops on 5 April as he was riding a motorbike with a soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), a rebel group that is fighting for autonomy.