Video of Ex-Spy Chief Baffles Burma Watchers

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"A video circulating on the Internet of a meeting between Burma?s former spymaster Khin Nyunt and the country?s current police chief has political observers wondering about its source and significance. The 16-minute video, which has no audio and first appeared on the social networking website Facebook on Friday night, shows Khin Nyunt in discussion with a group of police officers led by police chief Khin Yi at two separate locations. Aung San Suu Kyi, Than Shwe and Khin Nyunt in a rare meeting in 1994. The 70-year-old Khin Nyunt was Burma?s feared military intelligence chief and first prime minister of the ruling regime until he was placed under house arrest in October 2004 after being ousted in a power struggle with junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe..."

Creator/author: 

Ba Kaung

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy"

Date of Publication: 

2010-11-27

Date of entry: 

2012-07-22

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English

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