Top general disowns son

Thu, 26 Feb 1998 | Source: AP

YANGON (AP): Gen. Khin Nyunt, head of military intelligence and one of the four most powerful generals in Myanmar, has disowned one of his sons.

Khin Nyunt and his wife Dr. Daw Khin Win Shwe placed an advertisement in yesterday's state-run New Light of Myanmar announcing that their son "Dr. Ye Naing Win was disowned by the parents for his inexcusable deed".

The advertisement, signed by both parents, did not mention the reason for disowning their son. The advertisement requested people not to "ask the parents about the matter".

Dr. Ye Naing Win was reported to have married a Singaporean woman recently. Although many diplomats in Yangon had heard the information, none could confirm it with certainty.

Myanmar's military government is holding a convention to write a new constitution for the country. Articles already passed stipulate that Myanmar citizens with a foreign spouse are disqualified from holding government office. If a citizen's child marries a foreigner, that also disqualifies the parents from participating in government.

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