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Shan Leader 53 Today: From Ladykill



Subject: Shan Leader 53 Today: From Ladykiller to Diplomat

31 October 1999

No: 10 - 32

Shan Leader 53 Today:
>From Ladykiller to Diplomat

A leader of a Shan movement turns 53 today. Sao Wansai a.k.a Sai Myo Win, 
Vice President-2 of the Shan Democratic Union and Ambassador of Shan States, 
is 53 on this day, 31 October.

He was born in 1946 in Kyaukme, Northern Shan States. The sixth and the 
youngest child, his mother died while he was still in his infancy and was 
brought up by his elder sisters.

He went to school at the Guardian Angles' Convent High in Lashio. In 1969, 
he received a bachelor degree in Geography from Mandalay Arts and Science 
University.

In 1979, he landed in Germany, where he has lived to this day.

"I'm involved in politics only through my brother", is a favorite saying of 
his. But his record showes his involvement in politics even before Khuensai, 
("Actually his cousin but never say it to his face", says his close friends) 
was still dallying with his dream of becoming a song-cum-novel writer.

In 1962, he was in the Tai Youth movement with Noel a.k.a Khun Htoon Oo, the 
leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy today.

>From 1966 to 1969, he was up to his neck in a student underground
political movement for which he was detained briefly in 1969.

Outwardly, he was a happy-go-lucky guy, pampered by his sisters, brothers 
and friends. Handsome, he had no difficulty finding a female admirer.

Three years ago, he co-founded Shan Democratic Union. As Shan ambassador, he 
has attended several international conferences. A paper he presented last 
year on the Right of Secession was admired by many, including Jose Ramos 
Horta, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from East Timor.

He lives with his wife, Orn-udom, and two children near Hamburg.

Shan Herald Agency for News.

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