This "shot while trying to escape" is an old story--while even in so-called transition period, c. 2011- 2021 Feb. Ko Par Gyi was found in his underwear with part of his head missing.

Imprisonment Fails to Dim Love

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/two-myanmar-political-prisoners-killed-in-bago.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/imprisonment-fails-to-dim-love.html