During the 1988 popular uprising against the government of Burma, he called for restraint and true democracy.
The military junta forced him to retire from his position as Rector of the Institute of Education, Yangon.
He died in 2002 at the age of 72. and........ Khin Maung Tint began writing in the 1950s under the pseudonym Tekatho Phone Naing.
Most Tekkatho Phone Naing novels are love stories between a man and a woman of different social station and wealth that typically end in separation and sorrow.
His stories explore social issues—always ignored by escapist stories—to wrenching details.