CNI News
8 May 2025

U Hla Saw, who was serving as the political director of the Arakan Army (AA), passed away at around 11 p.m. on May 5, 2025, according to his friends.

After the Myanmar Tatmadaw overthrew the NLD government, saying because the NLD was trying to form a government without solving the vote list dispute in the 2020 general election, U Oo Hla Saw joined the AA and served as the political director of the Central Political Department of the Arakan Army (ULA/AA).

Before serving as the political director, U Oo Hla Saw served as a Pyithu Hluttaw representative from Mrauk-U constituency, Rakhine State, from 2011 to 2020.

As a politician, U Oo Hla Saw was involved in the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP), and the Arakan National Party (ANP).

Before serving as the political director of the AA in 2022, U Oo Hla Saw was a member of the ANP's policy steering committee.