By SAW YAN NAING | Win Tin, 79, a central executive committee member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), had an asthma attack on Friday morning and is resting at home, according to a close friend in Rangoon.
Maung Maung Khin, told The Irrawaddy on Friday, “He was not able to go to the office today. We will ask the doctor to give him a medical check tomorrow.”
 Win Tin. (Photo: Myat Moe Maung/ The Irrawaddy) |
He suffered from heart and prostate problems while in prison, where authorities refused to provide him with proper medical care.
Win Tin, who was a senior adviser to detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested in 1989 on a series of charges ranging from publishing anti-government propaganda and to instigation of civil disobedience.
He was actively involved in the 1988 pro-democracy uprising and previously served as editor of the influential newspaper Hanthawaddy and as a vice-chairman of the Bermese Writers’ Union.
In October, U Lwin, 86, secretary of the NLD, suffered a stroke, and the NLD’s chairman, Aung Shwe, 91, contracted a serious case of the flu.
In October, more than 100 NLD youth members resigned, complaining that they weren’t allowed to participate in decision-making. Some critics have charged that the opposition group’s leadership is aging and falling behind in creating new, innovative strategies to counter the military government’s push for national elections under a newly approved constitution designed to keep the military in control of the country.
The NLD won a landslide victory in multi-party elections in 1990. The current Burmese regime led by Snr-Gen Than Shwe ignored the results of the election and refused to transfer power.
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