Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I kite ia i te pakanga motuhake o te whenua me te whai waahi ki a ia hei kaihauturu akonga. Ko ia tētahi o ngā tumuaki o te Rangoon University Student Union. Ko ia tētahi o ngā kaitōrangapū, kaimahi, ākonga me ngā kaituhi tini i mauheretia e te Kaunihera Revolutionary i muri i te hurihanga
i whakahaeretia e General Ne Win i te tau 1962. I herea ia ki te whare herehere o Insein mo nga tau e toru me nga marama e toru. I tukuna e ia he karanga e tino whakahe ana ki te Kaupapa Dam Dam Myitsone i te Mahuru 2011. I whakahonoretia ia ki te Manhae Peace Prize mai i Korea ki te Tonga mo ana tuhinga, kaiarahi mo nga taiohi me tana whakapau kaha ki te manapori me te rangimarie i Akuhata 2013.