Friday, July 31, 2015

Burmese ex-military, politician U Aung Thaung's New York Times obit

U Aung Thaung--2 minutes of fame--hundreds if not thousands of abuses--millions of $$--

His NYTs obit--

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/world/asia/u-aung-thaung-burmese-politician-accused-of-abuses-dies-at-74.html?_r=0

The late Leo Nichols--I met him and his wife once at a dinner party for "Timber friends." I left Burma in 1980s and heard of his death while working at RFA.

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