Myanmar Poet Dies in Military Detention, Family Says

A Myanmar poet whose work promoted resistance against the military junta has died, his family said Sunday. 

Khet Thi and his wife, Chaw Su, were both taken in for questioning on Saturday in the town of Shwebo in the Sagaing region, family members said. Chaw Su was released but Khet Thi was not.    "They called me in the morning and told me to meet him at the hospital in Monywa,” Chaw Su told BBC Burmese language news. “I thought it was just for a broken arm or something. ... But when I arrived here, he was at the morgue and his internal organs were taken out."  Family members told reporters that his body was missing some organs and showed signs of torture when they went to identify him at the morgue. The army released the body to the family, Reuters reported.