YANGON, Myanmar—In January last year, Ko Ni, a prominent adviser to leader Aung San Suu Kyi and vocal advocate for a diminished military role in an evolving Myanmar, was fatally shot in the head at Yangon International Airport.
As the trial of four men charged in the killing enters its final stages, persistent uncertainty about who was responsible has come to symbolize Myanmar’s difficulty in completing a long-awaited transformation from military rule to democracy.
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