Sunday, December 8, 2019

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


The Day Students Entombed Ex-UN Chief at Yangon University

Posted: 07 Dec 2019 06:22 PM PST

On this day in 1974, in disgust at Gen. Ne Win's refusal to honor former UN secretary-general U Thant with a state funeral, students seized his body, sparking riots.