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Anti-junta Myanmar journalist Win Tin dies at 85

By AYE AYE WIN
Published April 21, 2014 4:46pm ET
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Anti-junta Myanmar journalist Win Tin dies at 85
In this Oct. 24, 2013 photo, Win Tin, a former political prisoner and an opposition party stalwart poses for a picture at his home in Yangon, Myanmar. 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 has died. He was 85. He died of renal failure Monday morning, April 21, 2014, family said. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) | Gemunu Amarasinghe

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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