Memorial held for Myanmar’s influential lawyer U Ko Ni

U Ko Ni, a legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling party and a constitutional expert, was shot dead outside Yangon’s international airport in January.

U Ko Ni, a legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling party and a constitutional expert, was shot dead outside Yangon’s international airport in January.

Pro-democracy campaigners attended his memorial ceremony and mourned the loss to show they will not be silenced.

Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Yangon.