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Maung Wuntha ((ビルマ語:မောင်ဝံသ); 17 April 1945 – 11 August 2013) also known as Soe Thein was a veteran Myanmar journalist and a prominent author. He worked as an editor at several newspapers published by Government before 1988. He was one of the appointed member of central executive committee of National League for Democracy when it was registered in 1989. He was arrested 3 times for his involvement in democracy movement and NLD.〔http://www.rfa.org/burmese/news/maung-wuntha-obituary-08112013061725.html〕 He was elected chairman of the Myanmar Journalists Association in August 2012 and vice chairman of the Interim Press Council the following month. He took a leading role in fighting for press freedom in Burma. He criticized the government for its policy on political prisoners and press freedom. He set up ''Dawn'' (Peacock) Publishing House since 1973 and wrote over 60 books and papers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/42463 )〕 Some of the books he translated are biographies on US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. He died on 11 August 2013 at Yangon after battling lung cancer for more than a year. He was survived by his wife Myint Myint, four children and two grandchildren. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maung Wuntha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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