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Information Sheet NO-A-0052



                          Information  Sheet
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NO-A-0052 							DATE. 09-06-97


		U Tin Shwe (67) yrs. a member of the National League for 
Democracy (Mandalay Division) who is serving a jail sentence died 
of heart disease at the Yangon General Hospital on the 8th. of June at 
13:30 hrs.

		U Tin Shwe was given a jail sentence since 1991 by the 
relevant Yangon Division Court for his involvement in the instigation 
of civil unrest and for the attempt to form a parallel government. 
He is known to be suffering from heart disease and was given 
medical treatment and hospitalized twice this year. Before he passed 
away on the 8th of June his family visited him on the 6th. of June 
during visiting hours, it is learnt.


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