Zaw Min ( my, ဇော်မင်း) was the Minister for Electric Power-1 of

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma). A retired Colonel in the

Myanmar Army The Myanmar Army ( my, တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း), ) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The My ...

, he resigned his ministerial position 28 August 2012.

Shooting incidents in 1998

In May 1998, Colonel Zaw Min landed on

Christie Island Christie Island is an island in the Mergui Archipelago and the southernmost point of Burma (Myanmar). It lies at the southern end of the archipelago to the NNE of Ko Surin Nuea, and the Thai-Burmese oceanic border is located between these two isl ...

and found 59 people living there to gather wood and bamboo, in violation of Burmese law. Senior General

Than Shwe Than Shwe ( my, သန်းရွှေ, ; born 2 February 1933 or 3 May 1935) is a Burmese strongman politician who was the head of state of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). During this ...

ordered them to be "eliminated" and all were subsequently murdered by Zaw Min's soldiers. Several days later, the 22 man crew of a Thai fishing boat that strayed into Burmese waters were also executed and their bodies buried on Christie Island.

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