Obituaries

Political scientist, anthropologist, activist and self-proclaimed anarchist Jim Scott influenced a generation of Southeast Asia scholars and democracy campaigners.

Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein, a former Karen National Union vice-chairwoman, has died of cancer aged 69 after a life of striving to secure Karen rights.

A cofounder of the party with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, he endured years of detention and persecution, but remained loyal to her and the party’s goals until the end.

Thein Nyunt oversaw construction of the new capital, seized land for the sprawling capital and parcelled out plots for the regime chiefs’ houses.

The Mandalay native passed away in the US on Sept. 1, leaving important legacies as both a modernist painter and a leading voice in the 8888 anti-dictatorship movement.

The wife of the last prince of Hsipaw in Shan State, her husband was detained and presumed killed by the military after Ne Win’s 1962 coup. She was 90.

The renowned ethnic Shan political satirist, who thought of cartoonists as revolutionaries, died of liver cancer on Wednesday at the age of 59.

The 85-year-old, who worked closely with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during the founding of the National League for Democracy, died of old age.

Former BBC reporter Chris Gunness recalls U Nay Min, the fearless democracy activist who helped spark the 1988 uprising against a previous junta, at huge personal cost.

The UK-educated economist headed several ministries but fell out with the top generals over his efforts to open up the economy. He died Sunday at the age of 84.