[4] In 2015 general election, Sai Mauk Kham contested a Pyithu Hluttaw (lower house) seat in Lashio Township.

There were allegations of voting fraud which pulled him forward, in a constituency where National League for Democracy (NLD) was expected to win.

[5] 11,815 advanced votes had arrived at Lashio’s election commission office at midnight on 9 November 2015, almost eight hours after the polls had closed and the ballot boxes had been sealed shut.

[5] The UEC responded by declaring that the victory of Sai Mauk Kham was legal and that no fraud had taken place.

[7] He has three children, including Sai Si Tom Kham, a pop singer.