Assets belonging to the children of Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing have been present in a Bangkok condominium. Documents had been found throughout a September raid on the apartment of a Myanmar arms dealer charged with drug trafficking and cash laundering.
According to Bangkok Post, the assets found in Bangkok at the residence of Tun Min Latt when he was arrested final September, belonged to grownup youngsters of Myanmar’s junta leader. Tun was arrested together with three Thai nationals on narcotics and money laundering costs.
Tun has pursuits in resorts, energy and mining, and is a detailed affiliate of Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power in February 2021. According to Bangkok Post, he has procured provides for the navy.
Min Aung Hlaing’s two children are to face no authorized motion over the property. Authorities don’t contemplate them related to the investigation against Tun Min Latt. Based on the seizure records, Justice for Myanmar (JFM), a covert activist group monitoring the junta’s companies, mentioned that among the items confiscated from the arms dealer have been the title deeds to a four-bedroom apartment belonging to Min Aung Hlaing’s son Aung Pyae Sone, value practically US$1 million (33 million baht). Two Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) financial institution books within the name of Khin Thiri Thet Mon were also found.
Exclusive and Min Aung Hlaing’s daughter, Khin Thiri Thet Mon, has been previously sanctioned by the United States and Canada and could not be reached for comment.
Justice for Myanmar urged the Thai government to take “urgent action to prevent it from changing into a protected haven for Myanmar warfare criminals by blocking the illegitimate Myanmar junta and its members from accessing Thai banks and property, and freezing stolen assets that belong to the folks of Myanmar.”
Since the coup, Min Aung Hlaing’s forces launched a bloody crackdown on dissent, killing thousands of opponents, according to the United Nations, which accuses Myanmar’s troops of warfare crimes and crimes against humanity. The army says it’s waging a struggle on “terrorists.”
Thailand shares a land border of more than 2,000 kilometres with Myanmar and has refrained from overt criticism of the junta.
Last month, Bangkok invited junta ministers to attend a regional summit, which was boycotted by a quantity of nations due to their presence..