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Burmese politician

Not to be confused with Cho Pyone.

In this Burmese name, the given name is Pyone Cho. There is no family name.

Pyone Cho (Burmese: ပြုံးချို); born Htay Win Aung; born 2 April ), whose name means "sweet smile" in Burmese, is an activist and former political prisoner, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives for Dawbon Township in Yangon, from to He was elected as a Regional Parliamentary Member for Dawbon Township for Yangon Division in the elections, but was unable to serve due to the military coup of He is an internationally recognized human rights activist, as well as a former student organizer and leader of the Uprising in Myanmar.^[1]

Political imprisonment

Pyone Cho was arrested in December and sent to Insein prison for his involvement in Uprising.

After being held without trial for nearly two years, he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in December In , during his time in prison, he