Kyauk Pyin incident--

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A specific incident was reported in May 2018 where a judicial officer's housemaid, Khin Sandar Nan Oo, was allegedly tortured and killed using a kyauk pyin, the stone slab traditionally used to grind thanaka paste. According to reports from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), Khin Sandar Nan Oo told her family that two women, including her employer, Ma Theingi Su, had tortured her before she died. She claimed they kicked her, punched her, and hit her with a kyauk pyin. She had bruises all over her body and a large wound on her chin. Police subsequently arrested Theingi Su at a checkpoint, and she was charged with murder. Kyauk pyin is a circular stone slab used in Myanmar to grind the bark of the thanaka tree into a yellowish-white paste, which is widely used as a traditional cosmetic and sun protection.

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