Former military dictator of Burma Ne Win has died under house arrest.
Ne Win, who ruled the country for more than 25 years, died overnight at his lakeside home where he had been confined since earlier this year.
Several of his relatives were arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot.
Ne Win seized power in a coup in 1962 and ruled the country until 1988.
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Under his system of a "Burmese Way to Socialism," the country went from one of Asia's richest nations to one of the poorest.