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04/11/2010

Acclaimed Burmese writer Wendy Law Yone on life in exile and the upcoming elections.

WENDY LAW YONE: Burmese author in exile
The critically acclaimed Burmese author Wendy Law Yone has lived in exile since 1967. Her father Edward Law Yone was an influential newspaper editor who was imprisoned without trial for five years following the military coup in Burma in 1962. Wendy herself was arrested and interrogated for two weeks by the country's secret police. Today she tells Matthew about her extraordinary life story, describes her relationship with her powerful father and gives her views on the upcoming elections.

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Fri 5 Nov 2010 13:05GMT

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