Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid
- Title deeds, bank books of Min Aung Hlaing’s son and daughter seized from Thai home of Tun Min Latt, arrested for trafficking narcotics and money laundering
- Myanmar tycoon has interests in hotels, energy and mining and is a close associate of junta leader who seized power from the elected government in 2021
Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar’s junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok flat of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, according to an official record and two people with knowledge of the case.
Title deeds and bank books belonging to Min Aung Hlaing’s daughter and son were found at the home of Tun Min Latt, 53, when he was arrested in the Thai capital last September along with three Thai nationals on charges of conspiracy to traffic narcotics and money laundering.
Tun Min Latt, who has interests in hotels, energy and mining, is a close associate of Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power from the democratically elected government in February 2021, three sources with knowledge of the matter said last year. He has procured supplies for the military, the sources said. Publicly available pictures show them together at an arms fair in 2019.
Tun Min Latt is in pre-trial detention; his lawyer could not be reached for comment.
Min Aung Hlaing’s two children face no legal action over the assets, according to the two people with knowledge of the case. They added that Thai authorities did not consider them relevant to the investigation against Tun Min Latt.