Irrawaddy-Oct 4
Last week, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing warned of heavy punishments for corrupt officials in his regime. During a meeting of his regime’s governing body, the State Administration Council (SAC), he warned senior military officers and ministers entrusted with key positions would, if caught abusing their power for personal benefit, face heavy penalties in addition to dismissal. Min Aung Hlaing’s henchman Moe Myint Tun and former home affairs minister Soe Htut are being interrogated for corruption and have been purged from the SAC. Despite Min Aung Hlaing’s highly publicized anti-graft campaign, it is common knowledge that his son Aung Pyae Sone and daughter Khin Thiri Thet Mon have abused their father’s power to amass great wealth. Min Aung Hlaing has acquired numerous luxury mansions in Yangon, Naypyitaw and Pyin Oo Lwin. He has four mansions and land in Yangon alone, including two in the commercial capital’s most affluent neighborhood. The parallel National Unity Government auctioned off the mansion at 14 Inya Road, raising US$10 million to help fund its revolution. Min Aung Hlaing is having yet another a mansion built near the residence of former military dictator Than Shwe in Naypyitaw, reported the BBC. The neighborhood is known as the “Row of Six”, as six retired generals including Than Shwe, his deputy Maung Aye and ex-president Thein Sein live there. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-junta-bosss-graft-purge-cant-hide-his-own-ill-gotten-wealth.html
