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Hardliner Aung Thaung dies in Singapore
Aung Thaung died on Thursday morning in Singapore, where he had been fighting for his life after suffering a severe stroke two weeks ago.
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Aung Thaung died on Thursday morning in Singapore, where he had been fighting for his life after suffering a severe stroke two weeks ago.
Senior Burmese government official Aung Thaung has been airlifted to Singapore for emergency medical treatment after suffering a severe stroke.
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Burma’s lower house passed an emergency proposal denouncing the US for blacklisting Aung Thaung, a prominent member of Burma’s former military regime.
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Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Politics
Shortly ahead of President Obama’s trip to Burma, the US Treasury Department has blacklisted a lower house member of parliament, Aung Thaung, who represents the ruling USDP for Taungtha Township.
Following several episodes of anti-Muslim violence, authorities must take a closer look at the level of organisation behind the recent attacks on the country’s Islamic community
A spokesperson from the Communist Party of Burma has hit back at allegations that they were behind last month’s anti-Muslim riots, after a leading politician identified them as “instigators”
Union Solidarity and Development Party’s secretary and the Lower House’s Banks and Monetary Development Committee chair Aung Thaung sat down with DVB’s Than Win Htut to talk about the country’s[…]