The ruling military of Burma, also known as Myanmar, defended its executions of four activists as lawful and carried out in the name of justice for the people.
State media reported that “the punishment has been conducted,” but did not say when, or by what means.
Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the military authorities had “given [the activists] the right to defend themselves according to court order.”
“If we compare their sentences to other death penalty cases, they have committed crimes for which they should be sentenced to death several times,” he told a news conference in the capital Naypyidaw….