Trial on Ne Win's Family to Resume in Myanmar

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Trial on Ne Win's Family to Resume in Myanmar

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The trial on former President U Ne Win's son-in-law U Aye Zaw Win and his three grandsons will resume next Monday with two lawyers already appointed to represent the defendants, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

The trial, which began on May 3, was adjourned last Friday after the accused failed to find a lawyer to plead for them.

The trial will be carried out thrice a week, the sources said.

The four were charged with plotting to seize power from the present military government.

According to the tribunal set up in Yangon's Insein jail, the four will face death penalties if found guilty.

There have been over 100 people, including four high-ranking officials, were detained and interrogated in connection with the conspiracy case.

According to the court, besides the conspiracy case, cases relating to their economic offenses such as illegal import and possession of communications equipment will also be heard.

U Aye Zaw Win and his three sons -- Aye Ne Win, Kyaw Ne Win and Zwe Ne Win -- were arrested by the government on March 7 this year when they were discussing a conspiracy with an unidentified military commander to seize power.

Four high-ranking officials, including an air force chief, two regional commanders and a police chief, were suspected of being involved in the case.

Since then, Ne Win and his daughter Sandar Win have been under house arrest and investigation into the case underway.

The present government came to power on September 18, 1988, while Ne Win ruled the country from 1962 to 1988.

Profile of Ne Win,U

Ne Win, U was born in 1911. He was a Burmese soldier and political leader. He abandoned his original name, Shu Maung, in 1941 when he joined a Japanese-supported nationalist military group. Becoming commander of the Burmese Independence Army in 1943, he later turned against the Japanese. After Burma's independence from Great Britain in 1948, he became Home and Defense minister. In 1958, he deposed prime minister U Nu. U Nu returned (1960�C62), but Ne Win removed him again in a coup. By 1971, he had transformed Burma (now Myanmar) into a one-party police state led by the Myanmar Socialist Programme Party. President (1974�C81) under a constitution adopted in 1974, Ne Win remained party head until 1988, when he resigned, admitting to economic mismanagement. Agitation for free elections led to a military takeover that year, and Ne Win remained the apparent behind-the-scenes power in Myanmar.

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