Ne Win's legacy: Burma in shambles; Dictator took a prosperous country, wrecked it through corruption, mismanagement.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: WESTERN ASIA)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: December 21, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Richard S. Ehrlich, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BANGKOK - The death this month of Gen. Ne Win, Burma's elderly ex-dictator, ended the life of a bizarre, brutal leader who used superstition, military repression and economic mismanagement to turn a prosperous Southeast Asian nation into a pauper and pariah.

"The former military dictator of Burma, Gen. Ne Win, has died while under house arrest, according to reports citing family sources," the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Dec. 5.

"Family members said the 91-year-old died at 0730 local time at a lakeside house he ...

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