Aung Pwint (original) (raw)

Aung Pwint (Burmese: အောင်ပွင့်, pronounced [ʔàʊɰ̃ pwɪ̰ɰ̃]; born c. 1950; also known by his pen name of Maung Aung Pwint) is a Burmese journalist and documentary maker notable for his 1999 imprisonment by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), Burma's military government, on charges of fax-machine ownership and "sending news".