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| Former Myanmar Foreign Minister Dead |
| Win Aung was serving 7 year prison sentence for corruption |
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Thin Set Kyaw shein (thin)  |
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Published 2009-11-09 10:12 (KST) |
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Former Myanmar foreign minister Win Aung died in Insein prison, Yangon, where he was serving a seven-year sentence for corruption, police confirmed on Thursday.
Win Aung, 65, died Wednesday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage, close friends of the former minister said.
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| He served as foreign minister and the face of Myanmar's pariah military regime from 1998 to 2004.
In 2004, he was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to seven years in jail for selling cars imported tax-free for ministry personnel.
Win Aung was a former member of the Military Intelligence and a close associate of Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt, who fell from grace in November 2004, resulting in a purge of his proteges that included the former foreign minister.
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