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July 20 (Reuters) - Myanmar politician Nyan Win, a senior adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died in hospital on Tuesday after becoming infected with COVID-19 in jail, his party said, as the Southeast Asian country struggles with an exponential rise in infections.
Nyan Win, 78, who had been held in Yangon s Insein prison after being arrested when the army seized power on Feb. 1, was transferred to hospital last week, the National League for Democracy (NLD) said in a statement. We promise to continue fighting for our unfinished tasks, to end the dictatorship in the country and to establish a Federal Democratic Union, the NLD statement said, offering condolences to the family of a man who had been Suu Kyi s lawyer and party spokesman.
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