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U Ko Ni (Suu Kyi adviser)

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Height

in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 9”

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Age

65

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Nation

Burmese

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Basic Information

Date of Birth: Year 1951
Nationality: Burmese
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Married
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Children: Son- Not Known Daughter- Yin Nwe Khine

Education

Schools: B.E.H.S(1) Katha, Sagaing, Burma
Colleges: Rangoon Arts and Science University, Yangon
Education: B.A. LLB

Lifestyle

Religion: Islam

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Some Lesser Known Facts About U Ko Ni

  • Does U Ko Ni smoke?: Not Known
  • Does U Ko Ni drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • U Ko Ni was a popular human rights lawyer and a legal adviser to Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
  • He was a Burmese Muslim and a Supreme Court Lawyer who had handled 900+ criminal cases and 1400+ civil cases.
  • He founded Laurel Law Firm in 1995 with 2 other advocates.

  • He wrote 6 books on human rights issues and democratic elections.
  • He was involved in the interfaith peace movement.
  • On 29 January 2017, on his return from a government delegation trip to Indonesia, he was shot in the head when he was hiring a taxi outside the airport around 5 pm by an assassin who also killed the taxi driver. Later, the assassin was identified by police as U Kyi Lin from Mandalay, Myanmar.

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