 The party also stated that it would give him a time to reconsider his resignation from the Arakan National Party.On 18 January 2018, Dr Aye Maung was arrested by the Myanmar Police Force at his home in Sittwe.This was following his attendance at a charity event in Rathedaung Township to commemorate the 233rd anniversary of the fall of the Arakan Kingdom of Mrauk U to the Konbaung Dynasty in 1785, in which he allegedly gave a speech urging the Arakan people to "take advantage of the weakness of the government and to march towards the goal of sovereignty".