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...Nathan Maung, another American journalist, was released and expelled in June 2021 after his charges dropped. Maung, who had been detained for three months, alleged that he was tortured in custody....
...The civilians are on our side, so I believe we can win.” Follow on Twitter: @JohnReedwrites...
...Win Myint, Myanmar’s deposed president and her co-defendant in the two cases, was also sentenced to four years in prison....
...From there, police led the lawyers to see first Myanmar’s deposed leader, then President Win Myint, who was also arrested on February 1, at a building in the Naypyidaw Council compound....
...“People are crowding in front of oxygen facilities in hopes of helping their sick beloved family members back home, while potentially getting themselves infected,” said Troy Maung, a founder of the Myanmar...
...The junta dismissed Kyaw Moe Tun and appointed Tin Maung Naing, his deputy, in his place....
...“We are very worried for his health and about daily activities like showering,” his daughter Chit Suu Win Htein told the Financial Times....
...“By staging the coup, Min Aung Hlaing has extended and expanded his rule,” says Yadanar Maung, spokeswoman for Justice for Myanmar, a campaign group....
...The NUG need to be careful,” says Manny Maung, a researcher with Human Rights Watch....
...Ohn Maung, the tourism minister, introduced a visa system in October, overcoming resistance from within the government....
...state-owned assets and contracts and put pressure on business competitors”.Maung Maung Soe, a Myanmar general who oversaw the military operations in its Rakhine state, accused of being “responsible for...
...“This country is a Buddhist majority country, and the Christian population is quite small,” says Maung Twe Chun, a religious nationalist....
...A full generation has grown up since the State Law and Order Restoration Council of Senior General Saw Maung seized power in Myanmar on September 18, 1988, putting a bloody end to a nationwide pro-democracy...
...Security forces surrounded Union Solidarity and Development party headquarters in Naypyidaw ahead of a putsch on Thursday to topple Thura Shwe Mann, chairman, and his ally Maung Maung Thein, general secretary...
...Four decades after those events, I am sat opposite Maung Thura, now a man of 53. Burma is a different country. It even has a different name: Myanmar. General Ne Win is dead....
...Sein Wut Hmon, a conglomerate wholly owned by businessman Maung Myint, is similarly involved in controversial projects....
...When Dr Cynthia Maung, its founder and director, began 25 years ago it was a rundown building with dirt floors....
...Pyi Aung is married to the daughter of Maung Aye, the former junta second-in-command, while the brothers have a taste for Hummers and have amassed wealth across industries including timber, construction,...
...But for 81-year-old Khin Maung Lay, the rebirth of daily newspapers is like a second lease on life....
...At this point, people think of Ms Suu Kyi as a demi-god, says Khin Maung Swe, a founder of the National Democratic Force, the largest opposition party after the NLD....
...“Some think this is only cosmetic change but it’s for real,” says Khin Maung Nyo, an economist who used to advise the junta and now runs a business newspaper....
...Having been allowed to win just 12 of the 498 national assembly seats in November’s rigged elections, the party’s decision to contest the poll at all has laid it open to attacks from the mainstream opposition...
...“They will tell [UN Secretary-general] Ban Ki-moon, or other Asian allies, ‘We have an inclusive electoral process,’ ” says Maung Zarni, research fellow on Burma at the London School of Economics....
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