Woman Who Went to Chili Field Found Murdered After Failing to Return Home

Woman who went to a chili field never returned home; found murdered when searched for

October 21

A woman was brutally murdered in Tangar Yine village, Pinlaung Township, Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, southern Shan State, local residents told us.

At around 8 a.m. on October 19, she went alone to a chili plantation about 4 miles from Tangar Yine village and did not return, and while searching for her, she was found dead in a murdered condition, it is learned.

"She went into the chili field and didn't come back, so they went looking for her. They didn't find her that day. The next day, while searching again, they found the body hidden in the chili field. Her whole body had no part left unmarked; she was brutally killed," a local resident said.

The body was found in the chili plantation at around 12 noon on October 20, and she was only 39 years old, it is learned.

When the woman's body was recovered, cut wounds were found on her right thumb, left wrist, right wrist, beside her left eye and the back of her head, it is learned.

The deceased woman leaves behind two children, aged 12 and 8, and Pinlaung Myoma Police Station has opened a case under Section 302 of the Penal Code in connection with the incident, it is learned.

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