Anti-junta Myanmar journalist Win Tin dies at 85

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Win Tin, a prominent journalist who became Myanmar’s longest-serving political prisoner after challenging military rule by co-founding the National League for Democracy, died Monday, He was 85.

He had been hospitalized with respiratory problems since March 12 and died at Yangon General Hospital.

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