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Revision as of 08:09, 29 November 2020

Win Ko Ko Latt(Thakhingyi) (Master Latt)
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Born (1982-06-16) June 16, 1982 (age 42)
Htantabin, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
EducationBachelor of Law (LL.B)
Alma materUniversity of Distance Education, Yangon
Occupations
  • Activist
  • legal advisor
  • writer
  • politician
Known forNationalism

Win Ko Ko Latt (Template:Lang-my; born 16 June 1982) is a Burmese nationalist activist, legal advisor, politician, writer and the leader of the nationalists and anti-Tarzen movement in Myanmar. He is the former chairman of the Myanmar National Network.[1][2]

Early life and education

Win Ko Ko Latt was born on 16 June 1982 in Htantabin Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar.[3] He graduated with a Law from distance education at University of Distance Education, Yangon.

Career and movement

Win Ko Ko Latt is a defender of nationalism and Buddhist religion. He lead many staged and nationalist movements in Myanmar. He has served as the Chairman of Myanmar National Network, is closely related to the Committee for the Protection of nationality and religion.[1]

On July 10, 2017, Win Ko Ko Latt leading monks and nationalist activists staged a protest against the statement in front of the United States Embassy in Kamayut Township, Yangon, insisting that there were no Tarzen in Myanmar. Win Ko Ko Latt and three monks including other nationalist leaders, Sayadaw Parmaukkha, Dar Tint Lwin, Kinmayon Mellgyi and Ngwe Pu arrested for staging a protest against the terminology of “Tarzen community” at the US embassy, he used the phrase “Tarzen community in Rakhine State” to refer to self-identifying Tarzen in the region. He brought to trial at Kamayut Court on 17 August 2017. He including other nationalist leaders were sentenced to six months in Insein Prison by the Bahan Township Court.[4][5][6][7]

In 2015 election, he contesting for House of Representatives seat from Pantanaw township constituency, Ayeyarwady Region, but lost to Mahn Nyunt Thein, a National League for Democracy Party candidate.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Aung Kyaw Min. "Nationalists warn NLD on constitution". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ May Sitt Paing (6 September 2017). "Nationalist Activists Sentenced to Six Months in Prison". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ^ "အမျိုးသားရေးလှုပ်ရှားသူလို့ ခံယူထားသူတွေကို ဖမ်းဆီးလိုက်ပြီ". Frontier Myanmar. 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "အမေရိကန်သံရုံးရှေ့ဆန္ဒပြသည့် ဝင်းကိုကိုလတ်ပါ ၃ ဦးအမှုကို ဇူလိုင် ၇ရက်တွင်ထပ်မံရုံးချိန်းပေး". Mizzima News (in Burmese). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ Pyae Phyoe Aung (18 August 2017). "Four in court over US embassy protest". Weekly Eleven. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ^ Aung Kyaw Htet (12 May 2017). "Myanmar police officials lead Win Ko Ko Latt and Naung Taw Lay as they raise their cuffed hands". gettyimages. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  7. ^ Htun Khaing (2 June 2017). "Protestors blockade Kamaryut court as nationalist trial continues". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ^ Aung Kyaw Min (27 October 2015). "Nationalist candidates fight for votes without party backing". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.