Ye Yint Aung Arrested After Taxi Driver Is Found Dead Beside Expressway

A 22-year-old police constable has been arrested in connection with the death of taxi driver U Win Ko, whose body was found beside a road near the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway, police sources say. The investigation is continuing, and the allegations against the constable have not been established in court. Win Ko, 34, operated a taxi business in Nay Pyi Taw. His body was discovered at about 6 pm on September 6 beside a cart road near Kangyigone Village in Meiktila Township, around 235 feet east of the expressway near milepost 279/1. Meiktila Myoma Police Station opened a case under Section 302 of the Penal Code and began investigating. According to the account of the investigation, Win Ko had travelled from Nay Pyi Taw to Meiktila after receiving a booking. When his family could no longer reach him, they reported his disappearance to police. He was later identified by authorities as the deceased taxi driver. Police sources say Ye Yint Aung was arrested in Nay Pyi Taw at around 12:30 am on September 7. He was identified as a member of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Police Force based in the capital. Investigators allege that the constable hired Win Ko’s vehicle at Myoma Market for K400,000, saying he planned to travel to Meiktila to visit his girlfriend. Police further allege that during the journey he shot the driver with a handgun, left the body near the expressway and drove away in the taxi. These details are reported as allegations from the investigation, not a court finding. The report says the inquiry remains under way. Win Ko’s father was described as a police major serving with the Transnational Crime Department.