Shwe Maung

On 8 September 2017, police captain of Buthidaung Police Station opened a case against Shwe Maung under the Counter-Terrorism Law for allegedly supporting the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and defending them via his Facebook page.In fact, U Shwe Maung requested State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar Military Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing via his Facebook Page to protect innocent Rohingya people from his constituency from being killed by Myanmar Security Forces.

Shwe Maung was born in Buthidaung, Rakhine State to Rohingya Muslim parent, U Abdul Hadi and Daw Aye Sein. Although His parents are Myanmar citizens, Union Election Commission of Myanmar ruled out they are not citizens to bar U Shwe Maung from 2015 General Election.

During his time in parliament, he was a member of the Reform and Modernization Assessment Committee. He was deemed ineligible to run for re-election due to supposed issues of citizenship, Myanmar's parliament barred from contesting 2015 Myanmar general election.

Shwe Maung is a former member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party. He served political development since 2010, Rohingya rights and prospects for reconciliation in Rakhine State.

In the 2010 Myanmar general election, he contested the Buthidaung Township constituency and won a House of Representatives seat, the country's lower house. He is a one of Rohingya member in the Myanmar's parliament.

Shwe Maung (Burmese: ရွှေမောင် , also spelt Shwe Mg, aka Abdul Razak; born 30 June 1965) is a Rohingya rights activist in Myanmar and politician who served as a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for Buthidaung constituency from 2011 to 2016.