YANGON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of Myanmar government-appointed Rakhine state advisory commission Kofi Annan said on Thursday that he was shocked by the news about the recent assassination case of U Ko Ni, prominent legal advisor of the ruling party.
In his announcement, Annan expressed regret over the incident, saying that he feels distaste on such terrorist acts committed on a person who was working for the rule of law.
No matter how disparities exist, there should be mutual dialogue with perseverance to go ahead, he believed, adding that terrorism cannot produce an answer.
Annan called on the authorities to make prompt investigation to take action on the criminal case.
U Ko Ni, legal advisor of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, was gunned down at the Yangon international Airport on Jan. 29 afternoon upon his arrival back from Indonesia.
U Ko Ni was shot in the head at a close distance at the airport's taxi stand near arrival terminal-1.
The gunman also killed a taxi driver who had tried to capture him before he was arrested by the police and bystanders.
The government is continuing to make urgent investigation into the incident for further exposure of those behind the scene and security measures are being heightened.
Myanmar Police Force has asked the public to provide information on anyone involved in Sunday's fatal shooting of U Ko Ni.
The police force claimed that they had arrested the gunman, U Kyi Lin, 52 and has charged him in accordance with the law.
The suspect is under interrogation.
Meanwhile, the President's Office said in a press release Monday night that the initial interrogation indicates the intention to destabilize the state, requesting the public not to be stricken by panic and to stay quietly and peacefully to be careful of religious and racial incitement.
