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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