[2] On 22 November 1990, Maung was arrested under Article 122 of the Myanmar Penal Code and sentenced to 25 years for attending meetings on forming a provisional government.

[2] In March 1996, he was sentenced to a further seven years under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act for publishing a magazine celebrating the 75th anniversary of Rangoon University and another called New Blood Wave.

[6] On 6 October 2024, the day before his death, a statement was released announcing that the military council had granted a full pardon for all the charges for which he had been imprisoned.

On the morning of 8 October, at 10 a.m., Zaw Myint Maung's body was taken from his home in Pyigyidagun Township, Mandalay, to the Taung-Inn-Myaung-Inn cemetery for burial.

The military council restricted access to the cemetery, permitting only family members and close relatives inside.