Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sent condolences Saturday to Thein
Sein, Myanmar's acting prime minister and first secretary of the
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), over the death of Prime
Minister Soe Win.
General Soe Win died at 5:30 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) on
Friday at the Mingaladon Military Hospital-2 in Yangon, the
state-run Radio Myanmar reported.
Soe Win, 58, had reportedly suffered from leukemia. He was
brought back to Yangon from Singapore where he had undergone
medical treatment since March this year.
(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2007)
