Myanmar's ruling military regime executed four activists in what is thought to be the first capital sentencing since 1988, media report said on Monday.

According to the BBC report, Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former National League for Democracy (NLD) lawmaker, writer-activist Ko Jimmy, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw were killed because they "issued directions, made arrangements, and committed conspiracies for violent and barbaric terror attacks." The four were charged under counter-terrorism laws, according to the site, although it did not specify how or when they were executed.

The military revealed the executions in June after they were sentenced to death in January following closed-door courts.

The sister of Ko Jimmy, a veteran of a Burmese pro-democracy movement famed for its activities against the country's military government during the 1988 student uprisings, said before media that the bodies had yet to be delivered to the families.

He was arrested in October of last year on suspicion of concealing firearms and ammo.

Meanwhile, Phyo was a close ally of former de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently in solitary confinement after being detained in the aftermath of the military coup that deposed her elected NLD government in February 2021.

The shadow National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG), founded in opposition to the coup, has condemned the executions, expressing "great shock and sadness."

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