Myanmar families hold funerals for victims as activists defy security crackdown

The families of dozens of people killed in demonstrations against military rule in Myanmar have attended funerals on the same day as one man was shot dead after protesters defied security forces.

A crematorium in Yangon reported 31 funerals on Tuesday, a mourner at one of the ceremonies said.

Hundreds of young people spilled out on to the street at the funeral of medical student Khant Nyar Hein who was killed in Yangon on Sunday, the bloodiest day of the protests.

“Let them kill me right now, let them kill me instead of my son…