Ohn Kyaing ( my, အုန်းကြိုင်, also known by his pen names Maung Chit Phwe, Aung Wint, and Aung Tint) is a Burmese politician and former

political prisoner A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although n ...

, previously served as a

Pyithu Hluttaw The Pyithu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, ; House of Representatives) is the ''de jure'' lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of whic ...

member of parliament for

Mahaaungmye Township Maha Aungmye Township ( my, မဟာအောင်မြေ မြို့နယ် , also known as Mahaaungmye Township) is located immediately south of downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. It is the major residential area of Mandalay. The township is ...

. He serves as a member for the

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It ...

's (NLD) Central Executive Committee. In the 1990 Burmese general election, he was elected as an Pyithu Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 32,718 (76% of the votes), but was never allowed to assume his seat. Ohn Kyaing graduated with a BA degree in 1967. He earned a journalism diploma in 1972 and received a scholarship to study in the United States in 1979. Throughout his journalism career, he served as an editor of ''

Kyemon ''Kyemon'' ( my, ကြေးမုံ; also known as Kyaymon) (''The Mirror'') is a state-owned Burmese language daily newspaper based in Yangon, Myanmar. Along with ''Myanmar Alin'', Kyemon is one of two Burmese language national newspapers in t ...

'', ''Hanthawaddy'', ''The Guardian'', and '' Botataung'' newspapers. he retired from his position at ''The Guardian'' newspaper following the

8888 Uprising The 8888 Uprising ( my, ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power UprisingYawnghwe (1995), pp. 170 and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) th ...

. On 7 September 1990, he was sentenced to prison for violating the 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, a sentence that was extended by 10 years. In his last stint in prison, he served a sentence at Bago prison from 1 October to 11 December 2008.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohn Kyaing Members of Pyithu Hluttaw National League for Democracy politicians Prisoners and detainees of Myanmar 1944 births Living people People from Ayeyarwady Region Burmese journalists