Showing posts with label Michael Kyaw Myint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Kyaw Myint. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

China-linked Myanmar businessman debarred from November Parliamentary polls

The Economic Times 
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
Oct 19,2020 
Since entering Myanmar from China in 2013, Michael Kyaw Myint has purchased several buildings and land plots in Yangon, Naypyitaw and Pyin Oo Lwin


NEW DELHI: Michael Kyaw Myint, till recently chairman of the United Democratic Party (UDP), which was set to field more than 1,130 candidates in Myanmar’s November’s general election—almost as many as the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), is well connected to Chinese transnational organized crime syndicates signifying Beijing’s major attempts to influence politics in the SE Asian country.