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Burmese Poets in Jail (r)



The poet mentioned is not  Tin Aye Kyi but  Tin Aye Kyu.
His pen-name is Nyo Hmine Lwin, popularly known as Hmine Gyi or Ko Hmine
during his study at 
the RIT. He was one of the leaders of the student demonstration that took
place on 6 March 1976.
The demontrastion was waged in commemoration of the 100th. anniversary of
Thakhine Ko Daw Hmine's birthday. He was arrested along with other student
leaders including Ko Than Lin (RIT), Ko Win Myint (RIT ), now a wellknown
song writer known as Win Min Htay and Mai Po Po, the sister of Salai Tin
Maung Oo who was secretly hanged by the military regime on 3 April 1976 in
Insein Jail.