By Moe Myint
10 May 2019
The body of motorcycle ferry driver Ko Maung Maung Hla, who was
found dead in a rural area of northern Rakhine State's Kyauktaw Township
early on Friday morning. / Kyaw Hla Myint / Facebook
YANGON—A motorcycle ferry operator was shot dead while driving home to his village in northern Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township early Friday morning, according to local residents.
The victim was identified as Ko Maung Maung Hla, 36, from Phayar Paung village 4 miles south of downtown Kyauktaw. Village administrator U Aung Tin Win, who went to see the body at Kyauktaw General Hospital on Friday morning, told The Irrawaddy that Ko Maung Maung Hla worked as a ferry operator. He had a 9-year-old son with his wife, Daw Hla Win, who sells vegetables in a market.