Ko Ko Gyi (Burmese: ကိုကိုကြီး, born 18 December 1961) is a Burmese politician and leading democracy activist. For his protests against the military government, he spent over 17 years in prison on multiple occasions between 1989 and 2012. He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. BBC News describes him as a key member of the 8888 Generation movement. He is one of the country's most prominent activists, second only to Min Ko Naing.
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18 December 1961 (age 63) Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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