Ko Htwe

Htwe (Burmese: ထွေး, pronounced [tʰwé]; 1929 – 19 July 1947), known honorifically as Yebaw Ko Htwe, was a Burmese security detail officer who was killed in the assassination of Burmese pre-independence government leaders on 19 July 1947.^[1][2][3][4] He was a bodyguard of U Razak, the Minister for Ministry of Education and National Planning. Ko Htwe was the lone non-office holder who was killed. Seven cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) and a deputy minister were killed in their meeting room at the Secretariat compound in downtown Yangon.^[5] 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Htwe was only 18 at his death. He was born to Ko Ko Lay, an officer at the Department of Agriculture and his wife Min Yi in Mandalay.^{[5][13][14][15]}