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Than Shwe and the Cash Register

Than Shwe and the Cash Register

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Mar 08, 2011
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Prior to the first session of Burma's new Parliament, junta chief and Senior-General Than Shwe signed a law that gives the commander-in-chief of the military – who is currently Than Shwe himself – the absolute authority to use unlimited "Special Funds" in performing his duties of protecting the Constitution and preserving national sovereignty.

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