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and also for signing the "Proposal of the Chin Youths". He was arrested in
December 1972 under an operation known in Burmese as "Sin-Phyu-Daw Operation" which means the White Elephant Operation. After he was tortured and questioned at Bahan MI6 Interrogation Center, he was transferred to the
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accused him of breaking the 1962 Printers and
Publishers Registration Act, Article 20. While in exile, he served as Chairman of the Chin League for Democracy, a "Chin party in exile". He also served as Minister of Social Welfare and Development and Minister of Health and Education at the
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Shwedagon Strike in 1974 and 1975 respectively. As, Salai Tin Maung Oo was a Chin ethnic, Za Hlei Thang invited him to join the Chin students’ movements. He encouraged and help Salai Tin Maung Oo to be elected as general secretary in the
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ethnic language in Tahan. He also founded the music group Salai-M who were the most popular music group in Kalay valley at that time. He was also the founding father of Salem
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