Suu Kyi's close ally, Zaw Myint Maung, dies hours after being released by junta

YANGON, Myanmar - A close ally of incarcerated Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukemia on Monday (October 7), a party source said, only days after being released from junta detention on medical grounds.

Zaw Myint Maung, 72, was a close friend of Aung San Suu Kyi and a pillar of the National League for Democracy (NLD).

He spent nearly two decades in prison for challenging Myanmar's mili