 He showed no mercy to those who were mere political opportunists either, as in "Hkway htika" (On Dogs).His allusive and highly memorable style of verse made him very popular with the Burmese public and shielded his work from colonial government censorship.In the wake of the second university students strike in history of 1936 when the All Burma Students Union (ABSU) was formed, Hmaing was elected its patron.