緬甸民主運動先驅吳溫丁逝世

Win Tin, a prominent journalist and the co-founder of the pro-democracy opposition in Burma, also known as Myanmar, has died at the age of 84.

National League for Democracy officials said Win Tin died Monday. The former newspaper editor founded the National League for Democracy with Aung San Suu Kyi.

A NLD spokesman said Win Tin was "a great pillar of strength" and his death is "a great loss" to the NLD and the country.

Win Tin became Burma's longest-serving political prisoner after challenging military rule by establishing the NLD. In 1989, Win Tin was sent to prison, while Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest. He was freed in 2008 and continued to work with the NLD, calling on the military to relinquish power. He said democracy would never come to Burma as along as the military continued to dominate the political landscape.緬甸著名記者、緬甸民主運動創始人之一吳溫丁去世，享年84歲。

緬甸全國民主聯盟說，吳溫丁於星期一逝世。吳溫丁曾經擔任報紙編輯，他與昂山素季共同創建了全國民主聯盟。

緬甸全國民主聯盟的官員說，吳溫丁是中流砥柱，他的去世是全國民主聯盟和國家的“巨大損失”。

吳溫丁參與創建全國民主聯盟，向緬甸軍政權發起挑戰，此後成爲緬甸服刑時間最長的政治犯。1989年，吳溫丁被送進監獄，昂山素季遭到軟禁。吳溫丁 2008年獲釋後，繼續參與全國民主聯盟的工作，呼籲軍方交權。他說，只要軍方繼續在政界佔據主導地位，緬甸就不可能實現民主。