Mourners flock to funeral of Myanmar pro-democracy hero

Members of National League for democracy (NLD) prepare a memorial ceremony for Win Tin next to his portrait in Yangon on April 21, 2014

Yangon (AFP) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday to mark the funeral of Win Tin, a former journalist and giant of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in an outpouring of grief for one of the country's best loved champions of freedom.

A memorial ceremony in a church in the nation's commercial hub Yangon was a sea of blue as activists and political figures donned the prison uniform colour in tribute to Win Tin, who was Myanmar's longest-serving political detainee under the former junta.