[2] During 1988's widespread pro-democracy protests against the rule of General Ne Win, Aung Pwint acted as joint secretary for the People's Peaceful Demonstration Committee of the Delta region.
[2] These documentaries were banned by the SPDC (then known as SLORC, the State Law and Order Restoration Council) in 1996 "because they were considered to show too negative a picture of Burmese society and living standards".
Even as he earned a living making videos for tourist agencies and educational companies, he also produced further documentaries on topics such as poverty and forced labour.
[1] Following what The Irrawaddy described as an "intensive international campaign" for his freedom,[6] he was released as part of a "special amnesty" for journalists in July 2005, so unexpectedly that he had to call his family on the way home from the prison to report that he had been freed.
[7] Nyein Thit remained imprisoned until 4 January 2007, serving nearly his full eight-year sentence,[8] despite allegedly suffering a "brain ailment" as a result of his confinement.