USDP Update – Maung Maung Thein and Thura Shwe Mann ousted

13 August 2015
USDP Update – Maung Maung Thein and Thura Shwe Mann ousted
In front of the USDP headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw, August 13, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima

The secretary general of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) said on Thursday senior party members had ousted him from his position Reuters reported on 13 August.
“They called me and told me that I don't need to come to the office anymore,” Maung Maung Thein told Reuters by telephone.
Late on Wednesday, security forces surrounded the headquarters of the USDP and prevented party members from leaving, party sources said. Maung Maung Thein said he was at home and had not been at the USDP headquarters late on Wednesday.
In a related development, Sky Net Up-to-Date Television has reported that Thura Shwe Mann is removed from party chairmanship and U Htay Oo is now Party chairman.