Moethee Zun

Moethee Zun (born 1962), also known as Moe Thee Zun (Burmese: မိုးသီးဇွန်, IPA: [móθízù̃]), is a leader in the Burmese democratic movement.[1] Zun is the founder of Burma's Democratic Party for a New Society. Moethee Zun is also the president and the founder of Democratic Federation of Burma, a democratic organization for the liberation and freedom movement in Burma.

As a Rangoon University student then, Zun helped organize the national wide student movement in 1988, and joined 1990 presidential election. After the Burmese military regime took back its power, Zun was forced to leave the country. During the time, he lost his family.

Zun currently resides in the United States. He came to the U.S. under the U.S. government's protection in 2001. During the time, he has been leading Burmese activists to seek support from the international community and to make lobbying to promote the movement. His fellowship allowed him to complete a book documenting his history, called The Struggle for Democracy in Burma.

There are widespread accusations of Moe Thee Zun for being a ruthless killer. He killed at least 70 activists accusing them of being the spy from Myanmar military. He had committed these crimes while he is inside the jungle with the intention of revolting Myanmar military regime together with several other activists after 1988 protest. Ko Htay Naing, who was a victim, has been killed by him after being tortured for consecutive days. Moe Thee Zun tortured Ko Htay Naing for several days by monstrous methods including starving, putting him inside a dun where Ko Htay Naing cannot sit or lie down for months, cutting his arms and fingers and asked him to bite on it. Later, one of the survivors, said that Ko Htay Naing asked him to kill as he could not stand Moe Thee Zun's tortures anymore. Other victims suffered under him as well. His torture methods include forcing girls to perform sexual acts with dead bodies, forcing to drink blood from the other activists which he killed by cutting the heads, tying the bombs to the feet and asking them to run. He committed these crimes without being captured due to the poor communication with outside world and lack of recording devices. His victims are the student activists as young as a little over 16 years.