 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Four sentenced to death in Burma over `coup plot'.(Foreign News)
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The Independent (London, England)
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September 27, 2002| Author:
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A SPECIAL court in Burma sentenced the son-in-law and three grandsons of the former dictator Ne Win to death by hanging yesterday after convicting them of treason for plotting to overthrow the military government.
The court, held in the capital, Rangoon, also found Aye Zaw Win, 54, and his sons - Aye Ne Win, 25, Kyaw Ne Win, 23, and Zwe Ne Win, 21 - guilty of trying to recruit army officers and inciting military personnel to commit high treason, for which they were sentenced to life in prison. But the sentence was expected to be subsumed by the death penalty.
"The court ...
