Lanmadaw Phoe Toke

Lanmadaw Phoe Toke (; 1898 – 26 December 1944) was a noted Burmese gangster who had influence over residents in Yangon's Chinatown district during the colonial era. He was a nationalist figure in Myanmar and also known for his involvement in the Indian-Burmese riots during the early 20th century.

In those days most of Myanmar children even knew about him and held Phoe Toke in respect since they were young.

Biography Phoe Toke was born in 1898 in Kamarse village, Bago District, British Burma to parents San Nyein and Chit Pu. He was named after the Lanmadaw Township where he lived, committed thuggery and collected so-called "taxes" from local people and businesses. Lanmadaw Phoe Toke is the subject of Khet Zaw's best seller popular eponymous novel The Guys of Rangoon, 1930, published in 2020.