Two children of a police officer drown in Pyay after police vehicle called out to tow a boat

Two children of a police officer who accompanied a police car that went out to make arrests in Pyay drown

November 9

In Pyay Township, Bago Region, two daughters of a police officer who came along for a ride to play in the water with a police force vehicle that went out to arrest youths drowned, according to local residents.

The incident occurred on the evening of November 7, when Yan Naung Thway and his team from Pyay Township Police Station No. 2 went out by car to arrest youths, and the children of staff members from the station followed along saying they wanted to play in the water.

At around 5 p.m., they arrived near Nawin Bridge in Nawin Ward, Pyay, and while Yan Naung Thway and his team were lying in wait to arrest youths, the children went down into Nawin Creek to play in the water, where they drowned, it is said.

Of the two drowned children, one died at the scene, while the other died upon arrival at Pyay General Hospital, it is learned.

The two deceased children were the sons and daughters of staff members from Police Station No. 2, and were one 13-year-old and one 16-year-old, it is learned.

The location where the incident occurred is the confluence of Nawin Creek, which flows from the north of Pyay into the Ayeyarwady River, and the Ayeyarwady River.

MyoTaw News Channel