Lawyers to Probe Alleged Killing of Myanmar Man by Thai Military

BANGKOK—Thailand’s lawyers council will investigate allegations that a Myanmar man was tortured to death by Thai soldiers near the border between the two countries, a rights group said Thursday.

Aung Ko Ko, 37, was detained by four Thai soldiers in January 2024 in the country’s western Mae Sot district for wearing the uniform of an official Thai village security force, according to the NGO Fortify Rights.

Three of the soldiers beat Aung Ko Ko with a long wooden stick while interrogating him, leaving him bruised and bleeding nearby until he died hours later, the rights group said, citing eyewitness accounts, photos of the scene and an autopsy report.