Four relatives of Myanmar's former dictator Ne Win,...

Four relatives of Myanmar's former dictator Ne Win, who were arrested in March on suspicion of plotting a coup, will stand trial on charges of high treason, an offence carrying the death penalty.
Myanmar's Deputy Military Intelligence Chief General Kyaw Win said authorities had charged Ne Win's son-in-law and three grandsons with high treason, but were still putting together a case. He gave no date for the trial.
Early in March, Myanmar's military swooped on the unpopular relatives of elderly Ne Win, accusing them of plotting to overthrow the [military] junta's top leaders with the help of an astrologer using black magic.
But diplomats are sceptical a coup was being planned, saying the arrests and accusations could be a ruse by the junta's leader Than Shwe to strengthen his own power base by rooting out potential opponents.
Ne Win, now in his early 90s, ruled the country with an iron fist from 1962 until he stepped down in the midst of a pro-democracy uprising in 1988. The military eventually crushed the uprising.