Min Ko Naing
- January 12, 2024
- Politician
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Min Ko Naing Biography
| Birthday | Oct 18 |
| Birth Year | 1962 |
Min Ko Naing is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 18, 1962 in Mudon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing was forced to hide and continued organizing, while moving house to house each night in an effort to avoid arrest. He was eventually captured with several other students after several months. For inciting “disturbances of law and order to the detriment to peace and tranquility”, he was sentenced to 20 year imprisonment under Section 5(j), 1950 Emergency Provisions Act. In January 1993, his sentence was reduced to 10 years by a general amnesty. Amnesty International considered him a prisoner for conscience and fought hard to get his release.
Amnesty International claims that Min Ko Naing suffered severe torture and was ill-treated in the initial stages of his imprisonment. As a result, his health was affected. His left foot was completely numb after he was forced to stand in water for 2 weeks during his interrogation. After being held for 15 years, he was released on 19 November 2004.
Min Ko Naing was rearrested in late September 2006. Htay Kywe, Ko Ko Gyi, Pyone Cho and Min Zeya were arrested along with him, in advance of Burma’s 2006 national convention. In January 2007, they were released, without official explanation for either their original arrest or their sudden release.
He was arrested again around midnight on 21 August 2007, with other 13 leaders of the 88 Generation Students for organizing peaceful demonstrations. United States Government condemned the Burmese junta’s arrest of them. On 11 November 2008 Min Ko Naing was sentenced to 65 years imprisonment, as 22 others had been for their role in the August 2007 demonstrations. On 15 November 2008 Min Ko Naing was transferred to Kengtung prison in Shan State, where isolated, bleak cells were constructed in mid-2000 for solitary confinement.
The general strike of 8-8-88 brought hundreds of thousands to Yangon and was widely regarded as a turning point for the Burmese democracy movement. Min Ko Naing continued speaking to the crowds in front the Rangoon General hospital and the US Embassy, which are the locations of earlier killings of protesters by the Burmese government forces. Aung San Suu Kyi’s daughter, independence hero Aung San, was also invited to give her first speech before a crowd at Shwedagon pagoda. Aung San Suu Kyi would be elected prime minister in 1990’s general election. However, she was denied the office and placed in prison by the State Law and Order Restoration Council.
Min Ko Naing Net Worth
Min Ko Naing is one of the richest Politician from Myanmar. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Min Ko Naing 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Min Ko Naing began his interest in politics at Rangoon Arts & Science University in mid-1980s, where he studied Zoology. He was an active member in the arts club during his student years. There he enjoyed writing poetry, drawing cartoons, and especially satirical ones. Min Ko Naing, according to his classmates, was part of a performance group that participated in the Than Gyat competition at Thingyan (Burma’s annual Water Festival). The troupe, which took the names “Goat Mouth and Spirit Eye”, performed sketches and satirical plays that mocked Burma’s military government as well as the lack of freedoms and democracy. Despite the popularity of the troupe, Burmese Military Intelligence agents began to follow Min Ko Naing’s movements. Min Ko Naing formed clandestine student groups with other students to discuss Burma’s political situation. This was despite the fact that student unions were illegally established in Burma.
Ne Win void most denominations of kyat in September 1987 without warning. This caused many people to lose all their savings within a matter of hours. Particularly affected were students who had saved for tuition fees. Many universities were affected by the announcement, which led to riots. Further aggravation came from the shooting of Phone Maw, a protesting student in riots that broke out during a clash with police on 12 March 1988. Min Ko Naing organized a rally for 3,000 students at the RASU campus on 16 March. He spoke about student movements and Burmese history. The Rangoon Institute for Technology was where Phone Maw had been murdered. Students tried to march there but encountered a barbedwire barricade at Inya Lake. Riot police attacked them, leading to several deaths.
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Min Ko Naing was released along with numerous other activists on 13 January 2012, as part of a mass presidential pardon for political activists.
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Min Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Myanmar. Min Ko Naing celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.