JAKARTA - As if he had a hunch, Angel (19), one of the anti-military coup protesters, always carried a writing wrapped in water-repellent plastic with a touching message, along with information on his blood type.
"If I am injured and cannot return to good condition, please don't save me. I will give the left part of my body which is useful to someone who needs me," he wrote.
And, last Wednesday, March 3, the Taekwondo champion and dancer was shot dead by the Myanmar military. Angel, known as Kyal Sin, was shot dead in the head during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay.
Seen in his photo during the protest, the words from Angel's T-shirt quickly went viral on social media. 'Everything will be alright'. A slogan that has fueled the spirits of the protesters in the days to come.
A spokesman for Myanmar's military junta did not respond to requests for comment on the killings.
Myat Thu, who was with him at the protest, remembers Angel as being brave. He kicked the water pipe open, so the protesters could wash their eyes, relieve the pain caused by the tear gas. He also bravely threw tear gas back at the security forces.
“When the police opened fire, he told me 'Sit down! Sit! The bullets will hit you. You looked like you were on stage, '"recalled Myat Thu.
"He cares for and protects others as a friend," he added.
Myat Thu said he and Angel were among hundreds of people who gathered peacefully in Myanmar's second city to denounce the coup and to call for the release of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Prior to the police attack, Angel can be heard on video shouting, "We will not run" and "blood must not be shed".
The police first beat them with tear gas, Myat Thu said. Then the bullets came. Images taken before he was killed show Angel lying for cover next to a protest banner, with her head slightly raised.
"Everyone scattered. Only then did I get the message that a girl had died. I didn't know it was her, but pictures immediately appeared on Facebook showing her lying next to another victim," Myat Thu said.
Myat Thu got to know Angel in a taekwondo class. He is a martial arts expert as well as a dancer at the DA-Star Dance Club Mandalay.
He also shared pride in voting for the first time on November 8, posting a photo of himself kissing his finger, dyed purple to show that he has voted.
“My first voice, from the bottom of my heart. I do my duty for my country, ”he posted with six love icons.
On the day of the coup, Angel joked on Facebook that he had no idea what happened when the internet was down. In the following days, he took to the streets with protesters, waving the red flag of the National League for Democracy, rejecting the military regime and demanding the release of Myanmar National Leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Since then, he has always taken to the streets to oppose the Myanmar military coup together with other civilians, until he was shot dead yesterday.
This 19yo protestor was shot and killed by military thugs today in Mandalay. Her shirt says "Everything will be OK". Coca Cola bottle in her hand is to help to those who got hit by tear gas. She sacrificed her life to teach us there is a hope. This is a must-win revolution. pic.twitter.com/eOgVNYsP3c
- Aung Naing Soe (@AungNaingSoeAns) March 3, 2021
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