General Khin Nyunt (born October 11, 1939 in Kyauktan, Burma) was the Prime Minister of Myanmar and the chief of intelligence of the Myanmar Army. He was appointed Prime Minister in August 2003. On October 18, 2004 he was dismissed and put under protective custody, apparently the result of a power struggle with Than Shwe about how to treat Aung San Suu Kyi. Khin Nyunt favoured a more liberal treatment, while Than Shwe is considered to be a hardliner. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prime Minister of Myanmar is a high-ranking official in the government of Myanmar (or Burma). ... Military espionage, or military intelligence (MI), is a military discipline that focuses on information gathering, control, and dissemination about enemy units, terrain, and the weather in an area of operations. ... A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Senior General Than Shwe (born February 2, 1933) has been the unelected ruler of Burma since April 23, 1992. ... Aung San Suu Kyi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (ေအာင္ဆန္းဆုဳကည္) born June 19, 1945 in democracy activist in Myanmar. ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ...
Recent developments at the end of 2004 turned out that Khin Nyunt was purged by the Generals who favour Than Shwe and would not want to negotiate with Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD party, which won the election in 1990 in a landslide vistory.
KhinNyunt, who also headed Burma's powerful military intelligence organization, was placed under house arrest and charged with corruption, according to Thai officials, regional analysts and Burmese exiles with contacts inside the country.
KhinNyunt, who built a reputation as a relative moderate in part by negotiating cease-fire agreements with 17 armed ethnic organizations, was opening talks with insurgents from Burma's Karen ethnic minority.
Stothard said that although KhinNyunt was often cast as a relative moderate, as head of military intelligence, he was responsible for mass detentions and torture.
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