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(5 Dec 2002) Yangon, Myanmar FILE 1. Ne Win with British Princess Anne 2. Exterior meeting place 3. Pan from Ne Win to Princess Anne 4. Zoom out from close up of Ne Win to meeting FILE - March 2002 Yangon, Myanmar 5. "New Light of Myanmar" newspaper lifted over stack of local papers 6. Paper boy counting papers 7. Front page of Burmese language paper showing headline about coup attempt 8. Pictures of Ne Win's relatives in newspaper 9. Photos of two more relatives Bangkok, Thailand - 5 December 2002 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Chayachoke Chulasiriwongs, Chulalongkorn University: "After the coup we found out right away that ????Khin Nyunt????? has been downgraded and at the same time ???Maung Aye???? has been upgraded and again the person in the middle, that is Than Shwe, has the most power, you know after all this realignment. So when things have been outlined like that, you know, and ???? conditions have not been improved in anyway after the coup d'etat, so I don't think that there would any kind of change because it might even confirm that Than Shwe's power will be more set out clearly than before." FILE - 1997 Yangon, Myanmar 11. Myanmar ruling generals at public review 12. Close up Senior General Than Shwe 13. Close up Maung Aye 14. Khin Nyunt next to Maung Aye 15. Water cannon spraying demonstrators, as they retreat 16. Sign pleading for help for the students 17. Students at demonstration Bangkok, Thailand - 5 December 2002 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Chayachoke Chulasiriwongs, Chulalongkorn University: "Ne Win was a tough man a strong man, as you know in olden times, you know when we call the leaders in South-East Asia, we always called them strong man, and he is one of them and he did things very classically, you know. He wouldn't follow any kind of soft stand, therefore I think, you know, he had a lot to do with all this bloody uprising, you know, all that sort of thing." FILE - May 1996 Yangon, Myanmar 19. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at National League for Democracy Congress 20. Closeup of Aung San Suu Kyi STORYLINE: Observrs say that the death of former Burmese strongman Ne Win on Thursday should not greatly affect the political climate in Myanmar. Chayachoke Chulasiriwongs, an expert on Myanmar from Bangkok's Chulalonkorn University in Thailand, says that Ne Win's failing health and diminishing influence had already sunk General Khin Nyunt from number one in the government to number three. He said that Khin and Ne Win had a father-son relationship. But Ne Win had been officially out of power since 1986 and a failed coup attempt by his son-in-law and three grandsons had further damaged his standing with the current government. Ne Win led Myanmar for 26 years, while the country was still known as Burma. Experts say that he continued to manipulate the leadership behind the scenes, calling generals to his lakeside retreat to criticise them for blunders or to make his policy preferences known. He almost certainly backed the bloody 1988 crackdown against student protestors and continued tough police action against demonstrations. He also would have signed off on the suspension of election results in 1990, that kept Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy out of power. While Ne Win was very close to Suu Kyi's father, the independence hero General Aung San, Suu Kyi was out of the country for most of his rule. By the time she returned, in the late 1980s Ne Win was officially retired and never developed a relationship with the democracy activist. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...