MYANMAR: Businesswoman Sanctioned for Supplying Junta Tied to at Least 10 More Firms in Myanmar

Posted by Asia Views | Mar 31, 2023 | 0 |

Irrawaddy-Mar 30

The sole owner and director of UK-sanctioned, Singapore-registered Shoon Energy Pte Ltd, which was formerly named Asia Sun Aviation, is the director of at least 10 companies in Myanmar, according to the records of the junta’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) and other international corporate databases. The UK imposed sanctions on Shoon Energy and its director, as well as owner Daw Kyauk Kyar Shwe (the Burmese spelling of the Chinese name Zhao Jia Shui), who is also known as Daw Khin Phyu Win, on March 27 for importing, storing and delivering jet fuel to the military. According to DICA, Daw Kyauk Kyar Shwe is a director along with a Thai citizen, Yikhao Maneeyok, at the Shoon Energy Thilawa Terminal Company Ltd, the prior name of which was Puma Energy Asia Sun Company Ltd, a joint venture with Swiss and Singapore-based Puma Energy. According to Amnesty International, Puma Energy transferred its share of National Energy Puma Asia Sun (NEPAS) to Shoon Energy in 2022 December. NEPAS is a joint venture with the junta controlled MPE and is responsible for the import, storage and sale of jet fuel.

Daw Kyauk Kyar Shwe is also the director at Shoon Holdings Company Ltd, Shoon Trading Company Ltd, and Shoon Energy Company Ltd. She is also a director along with Daw May Thwe Aung and U Myo Myint Aung at the Asia Sun Energy Mandalay Terminal Company Limited, and Asia Sun Wood-based Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Shoon Energy has become the second Singapore-registered company to be sanctioned following the Myanmar military’s illegal coup attempt, and covert group Justice For Myanmar, which exposes Myanmar junta-related businesses, said it further highlights the role Singapore continues to play as a base for businesses providing funds, arms and jet fuel to the Myanmar military. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/businesswoman-sanctioned-for-supplying-junta-tied-to-at-least-10-more-firms-in-myanmar.html

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Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

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MYANMAR: Businesswoman Sanctioned for Supplying Junta Tied to at Least 10 More Firms in Myanmar

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