Ko Hla Myat Tun, co-director of the LGBTQ group Colors Rainbow, said workplace bullying in Myanmar was very common and that his organisation receives many messages from young LGBTQ people seeking psychological support.

One colleague, whose name appeared in the final post, issued a denial on Facebook of having played any role in the harassment. It told AFP it was investigating the case. The university released a statement Monday expressing its deepest sympathy over the “tragic” incident, adding it had visited his family. Ko Kyaw Zin Win’s grandmother sits next to a portrait of her grandson during his funeral in Yangon on June 25. “Words can kill people… it’s murder,” wrote Hein Aung Thu. He alleged his bosses forced him to come out at work and attached screenshots of group message chats appearing to show colleagues mocking him.īy Tuesday, the posts on Facebook had been shared thousands of times, accompanied by hundreds of outraged comments.

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