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Few military officers have shown as much greed as Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, and there is little doubt he is clinging to power to protect his economic interests.

Several of their companies were also designated (Source: MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye, via Wikimedia Commons) By Samuel Rubenfeld, Edmund Xu and Helen Koo Thursday, March 11, 2021 Two adult children of Min Aung Hlaing, the Burmese military commander-in-chief who led the February coup, were sanctioned by the U.S., along with six companies they own or control. An executive order issued by the White House following the coup explicitly authorized sanctions on the adult children of designated Burmese military leaders and officials. Min Aung Hlaing, sanctioned by the U.S. for leading the coup, had al...

U.S. blacklists adult children of Myanmar junta's leader By (0) People help an injured man during protests in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb. 28. Security forces continue to crackdown on demonstrations against the military coup. Photo by Xiao Long/UPI | License Photo March 10 (UPI) -- The Biden administration blacklisted the adult children of the Myanmar junta's leader on Wednesday as human rights groups warn of escalating violence in the Southeast Asian nation. Treasury announced Aung Pyae Sone, 36, and Khin Thiri Thet Mon, 39, the adult children of armed forces Commander-in-Chief Min Au...

PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON  – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the two adult children of the commander-in-chief of the Burmese military forces, Min Aung Hlaing, who is the leading actor in the overthrow of Burma’s democratically elected government, as well as six companies of his two adult children.  Treasury took these actions in response to the Burmese military’s coup against the democratically elected civilian government of Burma and its brutal killing of peaceful protesters.  The United States stands in solidarity wit...

Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 6:59 am By Richard S. Ehrlich BANGKOK, Thailand -- By seizing power, Myanmar's new coup leader Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has protected his murky financial investments and the military's domination, but some of his incoming international cash flow might now be up for grabs. Sr. Gen. Min spent much of his military career as a quiet, publicity-shy officer steadily promoted to higher positions before grabbing absolute power at dawn on February 1, six months before his mandatory retirement on his 65th birthday July 3. Among other goals, Sr. Gen. ...