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Former UDP chair facing two new charges
Kyaw Myint, the former chair of the United Democratic Party, is already serving time for fleeing...
Published on Dec 17, 2020
Kyaw Myint arrives at Mandalay’s Chan Aye Tharzan township court on Friday (Yan Moe Naing/Myanmar Now)
A Lexus, $3,600 cognac, and ex-military men shining shoes - arrested party leader’s lavish lifestyle on hold 
He enjoyed years of freedom despite being a fugitive. Now, Kyaw Myint is back in the same prison he escaped from 20 years ago
Oct 2, 2020
Kyaw Myint was detained at around 10pm on Tuesday evening (Supplied)
Kyaw Myint, wealthy party leader with checkered past, arrested for escaping from prison in 1999
The UDP chair, once accused of laundering drug money, has lived freely in Myanmar for years despite being a fugitive
Sep 30, 2020
Gannes Basnez is competing for a seat in Waingmaw township, Kachin (Gannes Basnez/Facebook)
United Democratic Party candidate threatens to quit over party leader’s shady past 
The Kachin-based candidate says he will leave unless the party explains Kyaw Myint’s involvement in firm linked to money laundering
Sep 29, 2020

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