Friday, 16 September 2011 19:01 Ko Wild
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The assistant editor of the Thailand-based Shan Herald Agency of News, Sein Kyi, 59, died of liver cancer at Maharaj Nakorn hospital in the northern city of Chiang Mai on Thursday morning.
shan-editor-sein-kyiSein Kyi edited Shan and Burmese language news and supervised reporters in Burma and on the Thai-Burma border.
"His death was a great loss to the news agency", said online news agency editor-in-chief Khun Sai, who had worked with Sein Kyi for 28 years.
Sein Kyi, a native of Mengkeng, a Wa-dominated area in Shan State in Burma, joined the then-rebel Shan State Army (SSA) in 1974 at age 22 and served in the Organization and Propaganda Department for 20 years. He became a member of Mon Tai Army (MTA) when the SSA merge with the Shan United Army and the Shan United Revolutionary Army led by Khun Sa in 1985.
When the leader of MTA surrendered to the Burmese military junta, Sein Kyi and Khun Sai left together to form the news agency.
He was fluent in the Wa language and brought up in Tanyang, now controlled by the United State Wa Army. Later, he studied high school in Lashio and Mandalay.
Sein Kyi enjoyed the arts, and he wrote songs in the name of “Sawn Khong Hin,” or Sa Kha Ha, and sang under that name. He once jointly worked with the well-known Shan singer and songwriter Sai Sai Mao and Sai Kham Late.
Thet Tun, his old friend since 1975, said, “He was energetic and dynamic, generous and kind-hearted, ready to help other people."
“ He had clippings of news and illustrations cut from magazines. He used them in our publications. He got them ready for use by keeping them in his bag,” he added.
Sein Kyi's remains will be kept at Watpapauk monastery (a Shan monastery) in Chiang Mai for one week, and he will be cremated on September 22 at Sankulake cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The assistant editor of the Thailand-based Shan Herald Agency of News, Sein Kyi, 59, died of liver cancer at Maharaj Nakorn hospital in the northern city of Chiang Mai on Thursday morning.
shan-editor-sein-kyiSein Kyi edited Shan and Burmese language news and supervised reporters in Burma and on the Thai-Burma border.
"His death was a great loss to the news agency", said online news agency editor-in-chief Khun Sai, who had worked with Sein Kyi for 28 years.
Sein Kyi, a native of Mengkeng, a Wa-dominated area in Shan State in Burma, joined the then-rebel Shan State Army (SSA) in 1974 at age 22 and served in the Organization and Propaganda Department for 20 years. He became a member of Mon Tai Army (MTA) when the SSA merge with the Shan United Army and the Shan United Revolutionary Army led by Khun Sa in 1985.
When the leader of MTA surrendered to the Burmese military junta, Sein Kyi and Khun Sai left together to form the news agency.
He was fluent in the Wa language and brought up in Tanyang, now controlled by the United State Wa Army. Later, he studied high school in Lashio and Mandalay.
Sein Kyi enjoyed the arts, and he wrote songs in the name of “Sawn Khong Hin,” or Sa Kha Ha, and sang under that name. He once jointly worked with the well-known Shan singer and songwriter Sai Sai Mao and Sai Kham Late.
Thet Tun, his old friend since 1975, said, “He was energetic and dynamic, generous and kind-hearted, ready to help other people."
“ He had clippings of news and illustrations cut from magazines. He used them in our publications. He got them ready for use by keeping them in his bag,” he added.
Sein Kyi's remains will be kept at Watpapauk monastery (a Shan monastery) in Chiang Mai for one week, and he will be cremated on September 22 at Sankulake cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
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