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Myanmar Dissident Journalist Win Tin Dies

Former Newspaper Editor Was Close Aide of Aung San Suu Kyi

Win Tin, a founding member of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy and one of the country's longest-serving political prisoners, died Monday after being hospitalized for more than a month.

Mr. Win Tin, who had been a prominent journalist, died at Yangon General Hospital where he was being treated for a respiratory illness. He was 85 years old.

Mr. Win Tin was born in Bago, northeast of Yangon, and attended what...

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