Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 2 o Poutu-te-rangi 1962, i whakahaeretia e Ne Win, me ētahi atu rangatira hōia matua tekau mā ono, tētahi coup d'état
, i hopukina a U Nu, Sao Shwe Thaik me ētahi atu, ā, i whakapuaki i tētahi kāwanatanga pāpori hei whakahaere mā tō rātau "Union Revolutionary Council". Ko te tama a Sao Shwe Thaik, ko Sao Mye Thaik, i patua e te pupuhi i roto i te mea i whakaahuatia i te nuinga o nga wa hei "kore toto". I ngaro ngaro hoki a Thibaw Sawbwa Sao Kya Seng i muri i tana aukati i tetahi waahi tirotiro tata ki Taunggyi.