Conservative elements in Burma’s military junta have ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and put him under house arrest, Thai officials say.
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Burma’s prime minister Khin Nyunt has reportedly been ousted from office and placed under house arrest.
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State television and radio in military-run Myanmar announced Tuesday that Prime Minister Khin Nyunt had retired for health reasons and been replaced by Lieutenant General Soe Win.
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Burma’s Prime Minister and Chief of Military Intelligence Gen Khin Nyunt has been under house arrest according to sources in Rangoon and a Thai government spokesman.
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Burma has been ruled by a repressive military junta for the last decade and a half, prompting economic stagnation and international condemnation. The junta has been led by three generals wielding almost absolute power. But in-fighting and a lack of transparency have generated regular rumours of power struggles at the top.
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Text of report by Thai newspaper Phuchatkan

Chiangmai News Centre: A delegation of almost 50 Chiangrai municipality officials and press members visiting China’s Xishuangbanna since 15 October, who were due back to Thailand today via Tachilek-Mae Sai border checkpoint, have been stranded in Burma following a reported coup attempt.
Reports on the coup attempt in which Burmese Army Commander Gen Maung Aye, in the early hours of 19 October, reportedly sent armed troops to seize Burmese Military Intelligence (MI) and surround the residence of and
detain Burmese prime minister Gen Khin Kyunt remain sketchy.
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October 18: Two high-ranking U.N. officials have embarked on a four-day mission to Myanmar to discuss the repatriation of 130,000 refugees living in camps in neighboring Thailand.
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Smuggling of WY named drug tablets is now increasing in Burma-Bangladesh border, a source in the law enforcement agency at Maungdaw said on condition of anonymity.
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Opposite Chiangrai, in Monghsat, where the Yawngkha drug free village project initiated by Thailand has been in operation since 2002, at least 4 drug refineries have also been running side by side with it, reports Hawkeye from Chiangrai.
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South Korea’s Daewoo International Corp. and state-run Korea Resources Corp. may invest in a project to mine a large copper deposit in Myanmar, Daewoo said on Tuesday.
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October 18: East Timor Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said Monday the international community needs to make much greater efforts to secure the release of Myanmar democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The Senate yesterday slammed the government for allegedly forcing the Export-Import Bank to extend a loan to Burma, despite questions about Rangoon’s repayment ability and human rights violations.
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October 18: Washington: The United States on Monday called on the European Union and other democracies to consider imposing a full import ban on Myanmar to
pressure the country’s military junta to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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