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Myanmar invites exiled revolutionary home

September 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff
The Associated Press

YANGON, MYANMAR (AP) — One of Myanmar’s legendary ‘Thirty Comrades,’ who spearheaded the struggle against British colonialism, has been invited back from exile by President Thein Sein.

The daughter of 92-year-old Kyaw Zaw told U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia in an interview this weekend that the invitation was conveyed by President’s Office Minister Aung Min. She spoke from Kunming in southern China, where she lives with her father.

The Thirty Comrades were led by independence hero Gen. Aung San, father of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. During World War II, they went to Japan for training to fight against the British colonizers of what was then known as Burma. Aung San turned against the Japanese as the war was ending and negotiated independence from Britain, but was assassinated before it took place.

Hla Kyaw Zaw said her father wished to return home, but might not be able to make the journey soon because he was ill. She said he also would have to consult with the Communist Party, which maintained a large guerrilla army through the 1970s, but now has no role in the country’s politics.

President Thein Sein has launched a variety of economic and political reforms since taking office last year after almost five decades of military rule. (end)

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Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, China, Communist Party, Hla Kyaw Zaw, Myanmar, Office Minister Aung Min, President Thein Sein, Thirty Comrades, Vol 31 No 38 | September 15 - September 21, YANGON, japan

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