Aung Htet ( my, အောင်ထက်, born Thet Zin Htay on 17 August 1990) is a Burmese singer and musician. In addition to singing, he plays the

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and

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. He gained popularity while competing on the first season of ''Eipmat Sone Yar-Yar That Pan'' (), a singing competition broadcast on

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. During the competition, he was well received by audiences for innovative compositions of well-known Burmese songs. Aung Htet released his first album, ''Hey, Friend'' () on 27 March 2016. Born in a village located Demoso, Kayah State,

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(now Myanmar), Aung Htet was raised in

Magwe Region Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ� ...

. He attended local monastic schools before moving to

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

to complete his secondary education.

Discography

* ''Hey, Helpmate'' () (2016) * ''Nhit'' () (2017) ) * ''Flower Opened by Tear ('') (2016)

Political activities

Following the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

, he participated in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. Denouncing the military coup, he took part in protests, starting in February. He joined the "We Want Justice"

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movement. The movement was launched on social media, and many celebrities have joined the movement. On 12 April 2021, warrants for him arrest were issued under Section 505 (a) of the penal code by the

State Administration Council The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Com ...

for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, he was charged with calling for participation in the

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(CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.

References

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