[4] Win Htein was born in Sel Kone Village, Meiktila, Mandalay Region, Burma to parents Hla Tun and Khin Su.

[5] Following the 8888 Uprising in 1988, Tin Oo sought out Win Htein and asked him to join the National League for Democracy, where he was assigned to the personal staff of Aung San Suu Kyi.

[6] Along with dozens of other NLD members, he was arrested in July 1989, subjected to physical torture during interrogations and held in solitary confinement at Yangon's notorious Insein Prison.

[8] Win Htein was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw seat of Meiktila Township, his hometown, to represent the NLD after the Myanmar by-elections in April 2012.

[9] In March 2013, Meiktila was the site of anti-Muslim riots that left more than 40 people dead, including 32 teenage students at the Mingalar Zayone Islamic Boarding School.