Demise
In March 1962 the Union government was overthrown in a coup d'état by Ne Win, who immediately began to persecute all political opposition. The leaders of the AFPFL as well as the ethnic leaders were rounded up and thrown into prison. He then founded the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) and established one-party rule banning all other political parties by decree in 1964.
The AFPFL has been superseded by other political parties and movements in opposition to the military junta which still holds power today.
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