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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The court in Yangon on March 5 handed down death sentences to 15 of those arrested, the court official told Reuters.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;Judgement was passed under tight security for fear of reprisal,&quot; the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The official declined to divulge the motive for the attack, but a lawyer familiar with the case said it was related to a dispute between criminal gangs.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ko Kyaw Min, 32, was attacked by masked men inside a restaurant on November 17, 2011. He fled into the street where another group of men stabbed him to death, according to the court official.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Those convicted have one month to appeal against their sentences, the official said.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Death sentences in Myanmar are most often commuted to life imprisonment. The last execution took place in 1988.</div>
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Death sentences to 15 men for 2011 gang murder

YANGON(Reuters) - A Myanmar court has sentenced 15men to death for stabbing and killing a man outside a busy restaurant in the commercial capital Yangon, a court official said on Monday, an attack that caused public outrage and led to 23 arrests.