- Hmu Aung
Bo Hmu Aung was a member of the
Thirty Comrades . Bo Hmu Aung was born inKyauktaga ,Pegu township,Burma (nowMyanmar ) in 1910 and died on 9 November 2004 at his residence inRangoon .His political activities started when he joined
Dobama Asiayone (We Burmans Association) in 1930 and Thirty Comrades in 1941. These organisations were created to gain independence from Britain.After independence, Bo Hmu Aung was a member of
parliament , deputy chairman of parliament, and a minister in various ministries, such as transport and communication, housing and resettlement and defence. He was detained and put under house arrest many times after themilitary coup in 1962. Released in 1967, he joinedU Nu 's insurgent PDP in Thailand, but returned to Rangoon after the 1980 amnesty.After the
8888 Uprising he formed, with U Nu, theLeague for Democracy and Peace and signed several public appeals urging the rulingjunta to negotiate with theNational League for Democracy after its win in the 1990 parliamentary elections.External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/highlights/story/2004/11/041110_bo_hmu_aung.shtml] Bo Hmu Aung profile 10 November 2004
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