Hmu Aung

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Bo Hmu Aung was a member of the Thirty Comrades. Bo Hmu Aung was born in Kyauktaga, Pegu township, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1910 and died on 9 November 2004 at his residence in Rangoon.

His political activities started when he joined Dobama Asiayone (We Burmans Association) in 1930 and Thirty Comrades in 1941. These organisations were created to gain independence from Britain.

After independence, Bo Hmu Aung was a member of parliament, deputy chairman of parliament, and a minister in various ministries, such as transport and communication, housing and resettlement and defence. He was detained and put under house arrest many times after the military coup in 1962. Released in 1967, he joined U Nu's insurgent PDP in Thailand, but returned to Rangoon after the 1980 amnesty.

After the 8888 Uprising he formed, with U Nu, the League for Democracy and Peace and signed several public appeals urging the ruling junta to negotiate with the National League for Democracy after its win in the 1990 parliamentary elections.

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• [1] Bo Hmu Aung profile 10 November 2004