Myanmar activist awarded Asia's Nobel prize
August 04, 2009 00:00:00
MANILA, Aug 3 (Reuters): An activist from Myanmar who was tortured by the military as a student and now runs an NGO probing infrastructure projects is among this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, its committee said Monday.
Also cited for the award, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel, were two Chinese men, an Indian, a Filipino and a Thai woman.
