 A plot was hatched in 1887 in Mandalay to put Saw Yan Naing on the throne.Nevertheless, the plan was foiled once again by the British, who arrested the ringleaders while Saw Yan Naing was dispatched to Rangoon.He then tried to move to Hsenwi in the northern Shan States and then to the border region between Tawngpeng and Mongmit to establish a new base for further resistance, He was killed during fighting with the British forces along the route.