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	Saw Maung - MSN Encarta
		Saw Maung (1928-1997), ruler of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) from 1988 to 1992, who took over after longtime dictator Ne Win was deposed.
		Saw Maung, who was chief of staff of the defense forces, became chairman of the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council and also assumed the offices of prime minister, defense minister, and foreign minister.
		As antigovernment protests continued, Saw Maung lost power, resigning as foreign minister in September 1991, as defense minister in March 1992, and as prime minister and council chairman in April 1992.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567400/Saw_Maung.html (169 words)

	Saw Maung - MSN Encarta
		Saw Maung (1928-1997), Burmese military and political figure, ruler of Myanmar (1988-1992), who took over after long-time dictator Ne Win was removed from office.
		Saw Maung, who was chief of staff of the defence forces, became chairman of the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) after extensive anti-government rioting and a bloody power struggle, and also assumed the offices of prime minister, defence minister, and foreign minister.
		As anti-government protests continued, Saw Maung lost power, resigning as foreign minister in September 1991, as defence minister in March 1992, and as prime minister and council chairman in April 1992.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567400/Saw_Maung.html (163 words)

	Ne Win killer file
		In 1985 Saw Maung is made commander-in-chief of the armed forces and Than Shwe is promoted to deputy commander-in-chief and deputy defence minister.
		Saw Maung, the former leader of SLORC, dies from natural causes the same month.
		Maung Aye is deputy chairman and Khin Nyunt is first secretary.
	www.moreorless.au.com /killers/win.html (5846 words)

	SAW MAUNG
		Saw Maung, who was chief of staff of the defense forces, became chairman of the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council and also assumed the offices of prime minister, defense minister, and foreign minister.
		Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was detained in July 1989 and kept under house arrest even after she was named the winner of the 1991
		As antigovernment protests continued, Saw Maung lost power, resigning as foreign minister in September 1991, as defense minister in March 1992, and as prime minister and council chairman in April 1992.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..sa051800.a (207 words)

	Saw Maung Summary
		Saw Maung was born in 1928 in Mandalay, the seat of Burmese culture.
		Saw Maung served with the 5th Regiment from 1965 to 1967, and from 1967 to 1970 was with the 29th and the 47th Regiments.
		Saw Maung became the commander of the Northern Command in 1976 and was Kachin State Security Committee chairman until 1979.
	www.bookrags.com /Saw_Maung (951 words)

	The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		April 24, 2002 — Gen Maung Aye, number two in Burma’s ruling military hierarchy, is now in Bangkok on a high-profile visit that will include meetings with the Thai prime minister and defense minister, as well as an audience with His Majesty the King.
		According to informed observers of Thai-Burma relations, Maung Aye is expected to repeat the four requests made by Saw Maung in 1987.
		Maung Aye’s visit may help to reassure policymakers on both sides of the border that relations are as good as can be hoped for at the moment.
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=264&z=27 (1094 words)

	Myanmar HISTORY
		Although Maung Maung proposed multiparty elections and decreed that government employees could not be members of any political party, his refusal to step down provoked further protests.
		In announcing the takeover, General Saw Maung stated that the military rule would be temporary and that multiparty elections would be held once law and order were reestablished.
		On 18 June 1989 Saw Maung indicated that the transfer of power to the winner of the election would not occur until a new constitution was drafted, one which met with SLORC's approval.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Myanmar-HISTORY.html (4655 words)

	Burmese Military Ousts Chief, Citing Illness - New York Times
		The radio, monitored in Bangkok, said the duties of Gen. Saw Maung, Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council, had been taken over by Gen. Than Shwe, who succeeded him as defense chief and head of the army in March.
		Saw Maung, 63 years old, who led the military when it seized power on Sept. 18, 1988, and crushed a pro-democracy movement, was also Prime Minister.
		Diplomats said Gen. Saw Maung was thought to suffer from diabetes, a condition aggravated by an alcohol problem.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1D8153EF937A15757C0A964958260 (176 words)

	Mizzima News - Specialising in Burma-Related News and Multimedia
		General Saw Maung was the protégé of General Kyaw Htin and General Than Shwe was from Aye Ko camp.
		Saw Maung was a loyal soldier but he was not a politician.
		In the tradition of divide and rule policy, Maung Aye was chosen by Than Shwe with the approval of the elders because Maung Aye was the known nemesis of Khin Nyunt.
	www.mizzima.com /Solidarity/2006/January/26-Jan-06-02.htm (7940 words)

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		Naw Pulaw, the wife of Saw Maung Kyaing, the headman of the village, was forced to strip naked in front of the remaining female villagers and a soldier poked her genitalia with the barrel of his gun.
		Saw Maung Kyaing was accused of being responsible for the villagers who fled before the troops arrived at the village.
		Saw Keini from the village of Nakokhee, who had been with a group of 40 Karen women porters before his escape, told the ABSDF that the same pregnant woman, whom he knows as the wife of Saw Pulaw Pho, and another Karen woman were forced to carry heavy loads of supplies.
	www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/1997/bnn0697n753.txt (5591 words)

	Bangkok Post Breaking News
		"It was not surrender," KNU spokesman Saw Htay Maung, 77, told a gathering of journalists, diplomats and European academics who on Thursday attended a press conference at Htotkawkoe village, Kawkareik township in the Karen State.
		Saw Htay Maung said the faction had decided to enter into peace talks with the government because their people were tired of war.
		Brigadier General Htein Maung was a close associate of former KNU leader Bo Mya, who died in January.
	www.bangkokpost.com /breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=117164 (474 words)

	Aung San Suu Kyi hero file
		The State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), a junta composed of 21 senior military officers led by Saw Maung, the military commander-in-chief, now rules Burma under martial law.
		1992 - In April Saw Maung is replaced as chairman of SLORC, prime minister and military commander-in-chief by General Than Shwe.
		Suharto, who complains that the level of corruption in Burma is affecting his investments.
	www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/suukyi.html (6252 words)

	Chapter 13. Mental Culture and Crisis Government. From the book `Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San ...
		As Aung Gyi put it, Saw Maung used to proclaim his attainment of a higher spiritual plane, including superior samadhi, and that to oppose him is to oppose the Buddha's laws of causation.
		Saw Maung, like Mindon and Hpo Hlaing, thus emphasized meditation in the context of solving a national crisis and searching for a new centre of identity through which he wished to represent Burma.
		Saw Maung's invitation to the students was similar to the Buddha's invitation to the people to meditate to find the truth – ‘Welcome to see for yourself and to see the truth’.
	homepages.tesco.net /~ghoutman/chapter_13.htm (6834 words)

	saw - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Saw, tool with a metal blade designed to cut wood, plastic, metal, and other materials.
		The blade of a saw has small, sharp metal teeth along the...
		Vision, ability to see the features of objects we look at, such as color, shape, size, details, depth, and contrast.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /saw.html (140 words)

	271203
		Man-aung, Dec. 27: The Western Command (WC) Commander and Chairman of Arakan State PDC General Maung Oo received an amount of Kyat 4 million as a bribe for a permission of a boat of 37 cattle bringing it to Bangladesh, according to Trader, Maung Saw Kin.
		Maung Saw Kin, a cattle trader from Man-aung Township, Arakan State, bought 37 cattle at the rate of Kyat 85,000 per head from Man Aung Township.
		But, the owner Maung Saw Kin arrived at Teknaf, bordering city of Bangladesh to Burma on 15th December 2003 via Buthidaung-Maungdaw Townships, said Bodi, Bangladeshi partner of the trader.
	www.geocities.com /kaladanpress/271203.html (275 words)

	BURMA - SITUATION UPDATE
		Maung Aye, however, does not seem to have been able in the past to exert much influence over events.
		Maung Aye is also reported to have a better rapport with ASSK than either Than Shwe or Khin Nyunt.
		In the event that this is a generational DSA take-over, both Than Shwe and Maung Aye could also be replaced in the near future although Maung Aye (DSA-1), a DSA graduate, may be retained as a figure head and to provide continuity.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/Burma_Analysis_Nov_04.htm (2033 words)

	Guardian \| Rangoon erupts as army steps in
		Gen Saw Maung said that the army had set up a 20-man 'organisation for building law and order' composed of senior commanders from the three armed services.
		But the intervention of Gen-Saw Maung - known more than anything else as a loyal supporter of Burma's strong man, General Ne Win - appeared to be another desperate bid to maintain the control of a regime battered and all but toppled in six weeks of popular uprising across the country.
		Gen Saw Maung called on the public not to 'break up' the armed forces or the state would be in danger of losing independence 'and we, together with all the people, will have to face grave dangers...'
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4406003-103681,00.html (614 words)

	A short history of Burma
		San Yu is succeeded by Sein Lwin and later that year by Aye Ko and Maung Maung.
		Saw Maung becomes chairman of the so called State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).
		Saw Maung is succeeded in 1992 by Than Shwe.
	www.electionworld.org /history/burma.htm (552 words)

	Karen People: Life in Picture
		The BIA invasion of Myaungmya, culminating in the massacre of Saw Ba U Gyi’s cousin, Saw Pe Tha, a Cabinet Minister in Colonial Burma, his British wife and all but one of their children, was a blow to the Karens.
		Mahn Ba Zan and Saw Hunter Tha Hmwe would remain in the Delta area and be responsible for the organization and tactical activities of the KNU and KNDOs in that part of the country.
		Min Maung, on his part, pointed out that he was a soldier and had no knowledge of politics or political organization and related civil administrative duties, and thus had to refuse the full time chairmanship.
	www.kwekalu.net /photojournal1/soldier/story6.htm (12918 words)

	Degenerate - A New Generation of Madness - 5 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saw Maung, the figurehead of Ne Win's government, became unhinged at the peak of his career.
		Saw Maung died as a raving lunatic on 24 July, 1997.
		It's said that this scourge of the opposition was a life-long crossdresser, often donning a skirt and heels and a Bangkok prostitute's wig.
	www.diacritica.com /degenerate/1/burma5.html (960 words)

	History of Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		May 1930 saw the founding of the Dobama Asi-ayone (We Burmans Association) whose members called themselves Thakin (an ironic name as thakin means "master" in the Burmese language—rather like the Indian 'sahib'— proclaiming that they were the true masters of the country entitled to the term usurped by the colonial masters).
		U Saw, a conservative pre-war Prime Minister of Burma, engineered the assassination of Aung San and several members of his cabinet including his eldest brother Ba Win, the father of today's National League for Democracy exile-government leader Dr Sein Win, while meeting in the Secretariat.
		Saw Maung 'stepped down' in April 1992 to be replaced by General Than Shwe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Myanmar (6098 words)

	Myanmar - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With a mass pro-democracy movement sweeping the nation, the more reformist Maung Maung took over as president and free multiparty elections were promised ‘within three months’.
		However, in September 1988 a military coup was staged by Gen Saw Maung.
		In April 1992 Saw Maung stepped down and was succeeded by Than Shwe, the former defence minister, although the real power in the junta still rested with Ne Win and Gen Khin Nyunt, head of military intelligence.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Myanmar (2309 words)

	The Burma Road to Poverty — www.greenwood.com
		Maung argues that this is due in part to the legacy of British imperial rule, which magnified traditional Burmese Buddhist xenophobia and produced a violent, traumatic mistrust of capitalism.
		Maung presents an overview of the contradictions and biases expressed by writers--both foreign and Burmese--who have attempted to understand the Burmese and their country's recent history.
		Maung discusses the far-reaching impact of colonialism, the transition to independence, the Socialist military takeover, and the progressive repression and economic failures that led ultimately to economic collapse.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/C3613.aspx (552 words)

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		Prisoners of conscience Khin Maung Swe and Chan Aye, who were arrested along with dozens of other NLD members of parliament in October 1990, were reportedly both sentenced to ten years for "misprision".
		Kyi Maung, NLD former Acting Chairman, and Chit Khaing, NLD former Acting General Secretary, both of whom were arrested in September 1990, reportedly had their sentences of ten and seven years respectively doubled on new charges of "misprision".
		Senior General Saw Maung, the head of the SLORC, declared that Maung Ko had committed suicide after he had "confessed" to military intelligence personnel about plans developed by the opposition for the formation of a counter-government.
	www.amnestyusa.org /justearth/document.do?id=5EDE1924EA26799A802569A600601F10 (2482 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saw Maung (1928 - 1997), born in Mandalay, was a political figure in Myanmar.
		He was also the foreign minister from 1988 to 1991.It is believed that he was forced to retire in April 1992, citing health reasons, giving up his position as military dictator to Than Shwe.
		Gen Saw Maung died at age 68, 24 July 1997,
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Saw_Maung (125 words)

	Maung ancestry
		02 - Redo 8 8 88 For Burma Democracy - march 14 1879 april 18 1955 born to a family of jewish ancestry in ulm military sources in rangoon are claiming that the regime apos s number two general maung
		04 - Department Of Comparative Literature - insignias of a prince the case of yanaung maung toke at that time the royal court collected what was known and available about bayinnaung apos s common ancestry to
		06 - Karen People Life In Picture - and curiously it was also a burman maung shwe bay the fourth person to have accepted christianity in burma who was responsible for
	www.museumstuff.com /family-history/names/Maung.php (299 words)

	Reports from Nyaunglebin District
		In May 1994, my husband Saw B--- [her husband is Karen] and two of his friends, K--- and H---, went to drink alcohol at T---'s house in K--- village.
		I saw that the men were suffering a great deal, so I told the soldiers, "Please release them, and I’ll give you money".
		I saw them torturing him with my own eyes - it was only 30 feet from me. His face had been covered, then they shoved a G3 rifle barrel in his mouth and shook it around.
	www.khrg.org /khrg95/khrg9505.html (3719 words)

	Ne Win
		In 1985 Saw Maung is made commander-in-chief of the armed forces and Than Shwe is promoted to deputy commander-in-chief and deputy defence minister.
		Saw Maung, the former leader of SLORC, dies from natural causes the same month.
		Maung Aye is deputy chairman, and Khin Nyunt is first secretary.
	www.mingalaronline.net /story/leaders_newin_moreorless_com_au.htm (4438 words)

	Albert Einstein Institution - Publications - 185 Nonviolent Sanctions vol. 1, no. 4/vol. 2, no. 1
		While Vietnam represented the prototypical conflict of the 1960s and 1970s with guerrilla warfare confronting military power, a different form of conflict is emerging in the late 1980s and one expects into the 1990s: that of civilian-based resistance and nonviolent action.
		This phenomenon, which we have seen in the Philippines, which we saw for an historic six weeks in China, and which has shaken the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the past months, is not the dream of pacifists or the fruits of arms control.
		The 1940s in particular saw a great surge in mass demonstrations in South Africa around very specific issues, organized basically by communities themselves rather than the ANC, which at that time was still very much focused on parliamentary struggle and had a rather elitist view of how political struggle should be conducted in South Africa.
	www.aeinstein.org /organizationsdee7.html (8854 words)

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