Senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party dies while serving jail term

Zaw Myint Maung was a senior member of NLD (AP)

A senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party has died aged 72 while serving a prison sentence widely considered to be politically motivated.

Zaw Myint Maung was a close colleague of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a spokesman for her National League for Democracy party (NLD), and had been arrested along with her during the 2021 military takeover.