During an East Asian summit in Vietnam, Foreign Minister Nyan Win confirmed Than Shwe would not be running in the election.
On November 11, 2008, National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win said Saw Wai was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for publishing a poem mocking junta head Than Shwe in the weekly Achit Journal ("Senior General Than Shwe is foolish with power").
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