Career
In this Burmese name, Maung is an honorific. He was previously married to Yin Minister Thee, the niece of Myint Swe, the Chief Minister of Yangon Region. On 10 July 2008, he was charged with drug abuse and trafficking by the Lanmadaw Township police station, accused of importing ecstacy, methamphetamines, and ketamine, and trafficking them to the children of Burmese military generals and actors.
In November 2008, he was sentenced by the Lanmadaw Township Court, to 15 years imprisonment on drug trafficking charges.
He reportedly used drugs with Aung Ye Zaw Myint, the son of Ye Myint, a former chief of the Bureau of Special Operations. Maung Weik was released from Pathein Prison on 3 January 2014.
