Counting Myanmar's 8888 uprising casualties
YANGON - The Former Political Prisoners Society is collecting the number of deceased persons during the 8888 uprising, in which Myanmar citizens protested en masse against the military dictatorship in August 1988, in order to preserve Myanmar’s history, a
Tin Maung Oo said: “We want a historical record of those who died or were hurt in the revolution because we think the figure of deceased or lost persons should not be estimated.”
The FPPS is currently collecting numbers by phone and Facebook, and they plan for their arrival at a detailed figure to take a long time.
The FPPS hopes to announce the full figure at the upcoming 28th anniversary of the 8888 uprising.
Mya Aye, a student leader during the uprising, said: “Making a historical record of those who gave their lives for the country is our duty.”
Aung Myo Min, the director of Director of Equality Myanmar, also approved of the initiative to collect figures of fallen heroes during the 8888 uprising.
Data on the fallen heroes—names, addresses, parents’ names, dates and places of death or places last seen—can be sent to No 9, Room 101, 1st floor, 154 St, Tarmwe Township, Yangon.
