| U Ko Ni was a well-known human rights lawyer and legal adviser to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar's NLD. |
| He was a Burmese Muslim and a Supreme Court Lawyer with a vast experience of handling over 900 criminal cases and 1400 civil cases. |
| In 1995, he co-founded the Laurel Law Firm with two other advocates. |
| U Ko Ni authored six books focusing on human rights and democratic elections. |
| He actively participated in the interfaith peace movement. |
| Tragically, on January 29, 2017, upon returning from a government delegation trip to Indonesia, he was fatally shot outside the airport while hiring a taxi around 5 pm. The assassin, identified as U Kyi Lin from Mandalay, Myanmar, also killed the taxi driver. |
