Wife of executed Myanmar activist says fight for democracy must continue

Ma Nilar Thein says people must eradicate this military regime' as four prisoners executed after closed trials

The wife of Kyaw Min Yu, a prominent democracy activist whose execution by the Myanmar junta caused global outrage, has urged the country's people not to stop their fight for democracy, but to go forward with a victory spirit".

Ma Nilar Thein, 50, told the Guardian that she was heartbroken by the killing of her husband but that the public will hold our hands together in unity".