BurmaNet News: October 5 (r)

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 >NATION: IN RANGOON, RUMINATING ON NE WIN'S DEATH  
 >Aung Zaw writes on hot topic of discussion among Burmese.
 
 >The active Rangoon rumour mill went to overdrive recently when former
 >strongman Gen Ne Win summoned Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, first secretary of the
 >Slorc, to his resident.
 
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 >funeral. Will Slorc entomb him or simple cremated his body.
 >In 1947, when former UN General Secretary U Thant's body was brought to
 >Rangoon by family members, Ne Win's regime refused to honour it. Ne Win is

Oops -- it must be an typo... its 1974 in April , I believe.

 >known to hold a jealous hatred of U Thant. As a result, students and monks
 >forcibly took the body of U Thant and placed it in a mausoleum they had built
 >themselves. Later, soldiers stormed the Rangoon University compound and took
 >the body back. Many students were killed and jailed. But unlike U Thant,
 >there is little popular support for New Win and the fate  or his body is
 >uncertain. Who will sponsor his funeraL? Who will mourn for his death apart
 >from his family? Will Slorc build a beautiful mausoleum for Ne Win? Will
 >students and monks take Ne Win's body and make their own mausoleum and honour

NOT!!! I think we (Burma) should entomb him and show coming generations the
cause of Burma's miseries. I bet Shu Maung will reincarnate as a cockroach!

I would rather build a tomb for the fallen Students in the University
ground!!!

 >Slorc will do little for Ne Win. "Even if they want to or if Ne Win wanted,
 >they will have to build a cemetery at his home. So no one will go to destroy
 >it," he said. Ne Win, his original name was Shu Maungborn, was born in 1911.
 >He was a post office clerk in Rangoon and member of the nationalist Dohbama
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >Asiayone (We Burma Association) in the 1930s. Ne Win seized power in 1962 and

No wonder Suu Maung doesn't want to step down. Postal worker in Burma doesn't
earn much. Gee - talk about disgruntle ex-employee? Is Khin Nyunt a postal 
clerk also?
 
 >But at 83, however, Ne Win can no longer run the country's day-to-day
 >affairs. During his 26 years of rule, Burma became one of the poorest
 >countries in the world and Ne Win, one of the richest men in Asia. In 1987,
 >when Burma was accorded Least Developed Country (LDC) status, Ne Win was
 >living a life of luxury, taking yearly trips to an exclusive Swiss health
 >resort, the Clinique Le'mana-Rustica, prompting some to liken him to Filipino

Surprise!! - Anyone want to guess where Burma's income goes? His (Suu Maung)
family also own a gem shop(s) in Germany and/or Switzerland. His daughter
Sanda Win bought a $2,000,000 home in Singapore this year.

 >dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Speculating on Ne Win's death is a popular
 >past time for the long-suffering population of Burma. "I think he will feel
 
I know some burmese will put on a party when he dies. I'll buy the beer!!!

Ct