Ten Years of Chaos in Burma: Foreign Investment and Economic Liberalization under the SLORC-SPDC, 1988 to 1998.

From: Pacific Affairs | Date: June 22, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

ON 8 SEPTEMBER 1988, a military coup, led by General Saw Maung, under the direction of the retired former leader, General Ne Win, ended a fourteen-year period of constitutional military rule in Burma. A nineteen-member State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) placed Burma once again under direct military rule by assuming comprehensive executive, legislative and judicial powers. Upon seizing power in 1988, the Burmese military rulers attempted a series of superficial reforms aimed at achieving a measure of political legitimacy by encouraging economic ...

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