Saung Oo Hlaing | |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1971 |
Birth Place: | Yangon, Myanmar |
Genre: | Burmese pop |
Occupation: | singer-songwriter |
Years Active: | 1998 - present |
Saung Oo Hlaing (Burmese: ဆောင်းဦးလှိုင် in Burmese pronounced as /sʰáʊɰ̃ ʔú l̥àɪɰ̃/; born 8 December 1971) is a Burmese singer-songwriter. He is one of the few Burmese successful songwriters that do not rely on writing cover songs. In a 2008 interview, he claimed that he had not written a cover song since 2003, and that 95% of 400 plus songs he had written were of his own creation.[1]
Saung Oo Hlaing is a medical doctor by profession; he has a MBBS degree from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon.[2]
In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Saung Oo Hlaing was stripped of his citizenship for left the country illegally in violation of the country's existing laws, had acted in a way that harmed the interests of Myanmar.[3]