‘It was her spirit’: Myanmar teen shot by police was determined to protest coup
MYANMAR teenager Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing was supposed to be celebrating her 20th birthday today. Instead, she is fighting for her life in a hospital in the capital Naypyitaw after she was shot in the head when police cracked down on a protest against the military coup. Myanmar's army seized power on February 1 and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending a long transition towards democracy and bringing tens of thousands of demonstrators onto the streets. The shooting of the teenager - the first known serious casualty of the protests - has roused anger across the nation and…