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A Trial in Burma

The Assassination of Aung San

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  • © 1962

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  1. Maung Maung

    1. Lincoln’s Inn, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Aung San’s Hour

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 1-15

  3. U Saw and His Men

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 16-31

  4. The Trial

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 32-44

  5. The Approver’s Story

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 45-50

  6. U Saw’s Story

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 51-59

  7. Speeches and Decisions

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 60-66

  8. The Long Journey

    • Maung Maung
    Pages 67-68

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 69-117
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About this book

Crime does not pay, and politics by assassination pays even less. That is perhaps the one sharp lesson which stands out from the trial of U Saw and his men for the murder of Bogyoke Aung San and his colleagues. The trial is a historie one, and the murders undoubtedly altered the course of Burma' s modem history. I present the judgement of the Special Tribunal in full and the story of the assassinations for the record, in the hope that they will serve historians and our peoples in Burma in several ways. Mr. ]ustice Mya Thein of the High Court gave me the records which he compiled of the trial while serving on the prosecution. That was a few years ago, and I have, since then, wanted to edit and publish a book of the trial. Dr. Myint Thein, Chief ]ustice of the Union, also gave his file of the records to the Defence Services Historical Research Institute, and I was able to check and compare the papers. To both I owe and sincerely acknow­ ledge thanks. I am also grateful to Mr. ]ustice Aung Tha Gyaw of the Supreme Court who answered my questions with kindness and courtesy, and to U Kyaw Soe, Director of Information, and his staff, who dug up the pictures which are published in this book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lincoln’s Inn, UK

    Maung Maung

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Trial in Burma

  • Book Subtitle: The Assassination of Aung San

  • Authors: Maung Maung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0457-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1962

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0001-2Published: 01 January 1962

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-0457-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 117

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Science, History, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering

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