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U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience, elder politician of the National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's right hand man, former parliamentarian, army captain and businessman - Episode 2
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U Win Htein has spent 20 years of his life in prison for his belief in democracy.
He has written his autobiography entitled "Win Htein's story for posterity: Burma's odyssey from tyranny to quasi-democracy" which can be purchased as a ebook from many online booksellers such as https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/win-hteins-story-for-posterity-win-htein/1140822639.
At the age of 79 for speaking out against the coup of 1 February 2021, U Win Htein was sentenced in late October last year for sedition and received a 20 year prison sentence. He is currently serving this sentence at a jail in Mandalay.
In this second episode U Win Htein's daughter, Chit Suu reads two chapters of her father's autobiography - Elephant and Caged Bird.
Please feel free to contact me with suggested interviewees at church.peter@gmail.com.
Thank you for listening .
Peter Church
75 episodes
Manage episode 323532483 series 2286062
U Win Htein has spent 20 years of his life in prison for his belief in democracy.
He has written his autobiography entitled "Win Htein's story for posterity: Burma's odyssey from tyranny to quasi-democracy" which can be purchased as a ebook from many online booksellers such as https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/win-hteins-story-for-posterity-win-htein/1140822639.
At the age of 79 for speaking out against the coup of 1 February 2021, U Win Htein was sentenced in late October last year for sedition and received a 20 year prison sentence. He is currently serving this sentence at a jail in Mandalay.
In this second episode U Win Htein's daughter, Chit Suu reads two chapters of her father's autobiography - Elephant and Caged Bird.
Please feel free to contact me with suggested interviewees at church.peter@gmail.com.
Thank you for listening .
Peter Church
75 episodes
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