Myanmar's junta held a small ceremony amid tight security yesterday to mark the anniversary of the 1947 assassination of nine independence heroes, including the father of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Martyrs' Day commemorates the killing of General Aung San and eight other leaders on July 19, 1947 by political rivals while they were holding a meeting as part of their struggle to win independence from Britain.
Yangon Mayor Aung Thein Lin, the families of the late independence leaders and some political parties attended the ceremony at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in the former capital.