Ko Htwe

Ko Htwe (Burmese: ကိုထွေး, [kò tʰwé]; 1929 – 19 July 1947) was killed in the assassination of Burmese pre-independence government leaders on 19 July 1947. He was a bodyguard of U Razak, the Minister of Minister of Education and National Planning. Ko Htwe was the lone non-office holder who was killed. Seven cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) and a deputy minister were killed in their meeting room at the Secretariat compound in downtown Yangon. July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.

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Htwe was only 18 at his death. He was born to Ko Ko Lay, an officer at the Department of Agriculture and his wife Min Yi.