06.06.2025 – (04:30 PM) Htate

According to the testimony of the detainees, the Golden Valley Warrior group was formed in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in March 2023 with the support of U Yi Mon from the NUG. The Golden Valley Warrior group was led by Yan Kyaw Ko Htet, who is believed to have been involved in explosives in Yangon and the assassination of people by accusing them of being traitors, according to the National Security Agency.

According to the testimony of the detainees, on May 15, the leader of the Golden Valley Warrior group, Yan Kyaw Ko Htet, sent U Cho Htun Aung’s photo and home location to Google Maps via Telegram and ordered him to assassinate him. The detainees, Myon Ko (b) Sai Ko Ko (b) Zin Min Htet (b) Lin Let Zaw, Min Sithu (b) A Nayak, Kyaw Zin Thant (b) Lwin Gyi (b) Kyaw Zin and Yan Kyaw Chit Ko Ko (b) Kyaw Gyi, visited U Cho Htun Aung’s home six times to check on the situation. On May 21, Yan Kyan Ko Htet sent two pistols to Myon Ko (b) Sai Ko Ko (b) Zin Min Htet (b) Lin Let Zaw.

On May 22, Myon Ko (b) Sai Ko Ko (b) Zin Min Htet (b) Lin Let Zaw and Yan Kyan Chit Ko Ko (b) Kyaw Gyi left the Safe House at No. (R/103/104), Tha Pyay Chan Myo Paik Road, (22) Ward, Shwe Pauk Kan Myothit, rented by Ko Htet, on a bicycle. U Cho Htun Aung, who was walking in front of his house, was shot four times with a pistol brought by Myon Ko (b) Sai Ko Ko (b) Zin Min Htet (b) Lin Let Zaw, and was shot and killed in the left leg. He then returned to the Safe House in Shwe Pauk Kan Myothit by bicycle and told San Htet Aung (b) Bagu Thar and Win Thu (b) Kala Lay to hide the clothes he had worn during the assassination.

According to the testimony of Myo Ko (b) Sai Ko Ko (b) Zin Min Htet (b) Lin Let Zaw, who was arrested, he went to the DCS doctor Zaw Ko Ko at the “Lin” Specialist Hospital, which was previously connected by the suspect Aung Thu, and received secret medical treatment. He was then arrested in the old city of Bagan while he and his family were trying to escape to Pakokku Township.