Tin Oo dead

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Wednesday, December 30, 1998 Published at 12:44 GMT

Former Burmese general dead

Former Burmese general dead

In Burma, a senior, former military leader, General Tin Oo, has died of
a
heart attack.

He was seventy-one.

Tin Oo was a powerful figure in military intelligence under the rule of
General Ne Win, who overthrew the civilian government in 1962 and
imposed
one-party military rule.

Tin Oo was imprisoned in 1983 for the misuse of state funds, but
released
six years later.

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service