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Lily Naing Kyaw posing in front of a poster of a military propaganda film

By BBC Burmese Service and Vibeke Venema

BBC News

Myanmar singer Lily Naing Kyaw died in a Yangon hospital a week after being shot in the head - allegedly by gunmen opposed to the military she championed.

Her death has not only shocked military supporters but also celebrities working with the pro-military media.

The 58-year-old was close to top junta leaders who seized power in 2021, plunging the country into war - she was also accused of being their informant.

Two men have been arrested and accused of her killing.

They are said to belong to an urban guerrilla group opposed to the military. Within hours of their arrest, two relatives of one of the men had been killed in apparent retribution.

Ms Kyaw's killing is the latest in a series of assassinations of high-profile government supporters.

Four days before she was attacked, a well-known nationalist and pro-military supporter, Tint Lwin, was fatally shot in the head while at a tea shop in Yangon, the country's main city. He had been in hiding after surviving a shooting last summer.