U Ko Ni is a prominent Burmese lawyer and an expert on constitutional law. He was a founder of Laurel Law Firm, member of Independent Lawyers' Association, International Bar Association, Myanmar Writers' Association and legal advisor to National League for Democracy (NLD) whose legal support led the de facto leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi over the government to bypass the constitution. He was actively involved in advocating constitutional change in Myanmar.[4] He wrote six books on human rights issues and democratic elections, and was actively involved in the interfaith movement.[5]
He was assassinated on 29 January 2017 at Yangon International Airport on his way back from attending a senior leadership programme in Indonesia with a group led by Pe Myint, the Union Minister for Information.[6]
Ko Ni was born near Katha in Sagaing Division. A Burmese Muslim, he was the son of a Muslim Bengali
father from India and a Burmese mother. His father had come to Burma in
the early 1900s through his work with the British Indian army. His
mother was a Burmese Buddhist, but she herself had a Muslim father and a
Buddhist mother.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Ni
