Sentence examples for khin from inspiring English sources
Some minorities attending the convention strayed from the authorised script to raise issues the junta had no intention of debating.General Khin Nyunt could only attempt these initiatives because the junta let him.
It is even impounding the unlicensed cars that Mr Khin Nyunt's subordinates smuggled into the country through border checkpoints under their control.
It also appears to have taken over Bagan Cybertech, Myanmar's main internet service provider, which was run by Mr Khin Nyunt's son.
Divvying up such spoils will doubtless preoccupy the other generals for some time to come.Another of Mr Khin Nyunt's responsibilities was to handle relations with the 17 former insurgent groups with which he had previously brokered informal ceasefires.
And Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's prime minister, who feted Mr Khin Nyunt as a man the world could do business with, now has egg on his face.
One former rebel outfit, the Shan State Army-North, dropped out of the convention in protest.In the meantime, a purge of officials loyal to Khin Nyunt, a senior member of the junta ousted last year, continues apace.
He had been wanted in connection with more than 100 murders, and for kidnapping one of India's most famous film stars, whom he held for 108 days.Myanmar's prime minister, Khin Nyunt, known as a moderate though that was a relative term was purged.See articleThe ruling Congress party and its allies won a surprise victory in Maharashtra, India's richest state.
At last year's summit, ASEAN leaders had called publicly for her release, and secured a pledge from Myanmar's prime minister at the time, Khin Nyunt, to move towards democracy.
June 19 , 1945Yangon, Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, also called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (born June 19 , 1945 Rangoon, Burma [now Yangon, Myanmar]) politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, daughter of Aung San (a martyred national hero of independent Burma) and Khin Kyi (a prominent Burmese diplomat), and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991.
Her mother, Khin Kyi, was a prominent figure in Burma's first civilian government, and became the Ambassador to India and Nepal in 1960.
I stayed behind to have tea with some of the voters, and met Khin Ma Ma Chit, a farmer and a mother of two, who was still giddy with the experience of voting for the opposition.
