Aye Ne Win Explained

Aye Ne Win
Native Name Lang:Burmese
Birth Date:1976 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Occupation:Businessman
Office:may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) -->
Criminal Charges: Plotting to attempt to stage a coup
Criminal Penalty:Life prison sentence and death sentence in 2002
Criminal Status:Released under a presidential pardon in November 2013
Partner:Shwe Eain Si
Mother:Sandar Win
Father:Aye Zaw Win
Relatives:Ne Win (grandfather)

Aye Ne Win (Burmese: အေးနေဝင်း; born on 15 November 1976) is a Burmese businessman and former political inmate who spent 11 years in prison for a high treason with plotting to overthrow the Senior General Than Shwe' regime in 2002 along with his two brothers and father, and was released in 2013.[1] [2] He is the grandson of former dictator Ne Win.[3] [4] [5]

Career

Aye Ne Win founded a gang named Scorpion, which earned notoriety for committing terrors, abuse, and harassment of the public.

In 2002, he and his two brothers Kyaw Ne Win, Zwe Ne Win and father Aye Zaw Win were found guilty of plotting to attempt to stage a coup against the then-military regime led by Senior General Than Shwe. They were sentenced to death[6] and also received a life prison sentence for mutiny. However they had been in prison for 11 years. He was released from prison under a presidential pardon in November 2013.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

After his release, he has been a prolific user of social media and has been spotted at many public events, including commemorations for fallen soldiers of the Myanmar Army.[12] He has spoken with numerous local and international media outlets, discussing a range of topics including his political and religious views, the continued role of the military in Myanmar's political life and his business dealings.[9] [13] Aye Ne Win was accused by Burmese activist Maung Zarni of being one of the key financiers of the extremist Buddhist nationalist group known as Ma Ba Tha.[14] [15] [16] He is also known for his outspoken Islamophobic views and support for the Rohingya genocide.[17] He reportedly runs several biased media outlets, and cooperates the military generals.[17] He was involved in personal attacks against Rohingya rights activists through his social media posts.[11]

Personal life

Aye Ne Win is the youngest son of Aye Zaw Win and Sandar Win, a daughter of General Ne Win. He has been in a relationship with model Shwe Eain Si since 2017.[18] [19] They are referred to as 'nationalist power couple' for supporting the anti-Rohingya movement in Myanmar.[20]

In popular culture

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Notes and References

  1. News: Birthday party at Secretariat sparks social media firestorm . The Myanmar Times . 24 March 2015.
  2. News: Associated Press . Relatives of Ex-Dictator of Myanmar Suspected of Plotting Coup (Published 2002) . The New York Times . 10 March 2002 . 1 March 2021 . 18 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218231005/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/world/relatives-of-ex-dictator-of-myanmar-suspected-of-plotting-coup.html . live .
  3. News: U Aye Ne Win: Rewriting history . Frontier Myanmar . 25 August 2015 . 1 March 2021 . 26 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226135451/https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/u-aye-ne-win-rewriting-history/ . live .
  4. News: The Dictator's Grandson . Jeroen de Bakker . 2021-03-01 . 2021-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225124308/https://www.jdebakker.com/the-dictators-grandson-1 . live .
  5. News: Burma's Fallen First Family . The Irrawaddy . 9 March 2011 . 9 November 2021 . 9 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211109121301/https://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=20904 . live .
  6. News: Ne Win Family Members Sentenced to Death - 2002-09-26 . Voice of America . 27 October 2009 . en.
  7. News: Nov. 14 . AYE AYE WIN Associated Press . Myanmar's president pardons 69 political prisoners . San Diego Union-Tribune . 15 November 2013 . 1 March 2021 . 10 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230310172934/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-myanmar-pardons-69-political-prisoners-2013nov14-story.html . live .
  8. News: Mahtani . Shibani . Q&A: Aye Ne Win, Grandson of a Burmese Legend . Wall Street Journal . 18 February 2014 . 1 March 2021 . 9 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230109195933/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEAB-3570 . live .
  9. News: Ne Win's Grandson Invites Social Media Smackdown With Lipton Comment . The Irrawaddy . 9 June 2016 . 1 March 2021 . 22 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210222175513/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ne-wins-grandson-invites-social-media-smackdown-with-lipton-comment.html . live .
  10. News: With 'loving kindness', Myanmar frees 69 political prisoners . NDTV.com . 15 November 2013 . 1 March 2021 . 25 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190825064354/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/with-loving-kindness-myanmar-frees-69-political-prisoners-541189 . live .
  11. Book: Digital Hate Incitement of public opposition to the case against Burma the International Court of Justice (ICJ) . 2 April 2020 . Burma Human Rights Network . 12–16 . 26 July 2022 . 26 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726171936/https://usercontent.one/wp/www.rohingyapost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DigitalHate.pdf . live .
  12. News: Ne Win's Grandson Told by Family to Cease Media Commentary . The Irrawaddy . 4 November 2015 . 1 March 2021 . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224232916/https://www.irrawaddy.com/election/news/ne-wins-grandson-told-by-family-to-cease-media-commentary . live .
  13. News: Ethnic Armies 'Breaking Their Promise': Ne Win's Grandson . The Irrawaddy . 8 December 2014 . 1 March 2021 . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224180543/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ethnic-armies-breaking-promise-ne-wins-grandson.html . live .
  14. News: Key Rohingya campaigners face abduction threats . Anadolu Agency . 30 November 2019 . 1 March 2021 . 27 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227075215/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/key-rohingya-campaigners-face-abduction-threats-/1660108 . live .
  15. News: In Conversation With a Dictator's Grandson . The Irrawaddy . 14 March 2014 . 1 March 2021 . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224180804/https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/interview/conversation-dictators-grandson.html . live .
  16. News: Anti-pope provocations elicit Buddhist solidarity towards Catholics . www.asianews.it . 11 March 2017 . 1 March 2021 . 25 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025141206/http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Anti-pope-provocations-elicit-Buddhist-solidarity-towards-Catholics-42229.html . live .
  17. News: Kidnap Nay San Lwin and Maung Zarni, Proposes Aye Ne Win . Rohingya News, Analysis, Opinion, Evidence and Videos from Rvision . 1 December 2019 . 26 July 2022 . 26 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726170720/https://rohingyavision.com/kidnap-nay-san-lwin-and-maung-zarni-proposes-aye-ne-win/ . live .
  18. News: "အေးနေဝင်းကို ကန်တော့တဲ့ အကြောင်းရင်း ပြောပြလာတဲ့ ရွှေအိမ်စည်" . Myanmarload . November 10, 2017 . my . July 29, 2022 . July 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220729203141/https://old.mmload.com/news/13831 . live .
  19. News: ရွှေအိမ်စည်အတွက်ပွဲကြမ်းတဲ့အေးနေဝင်း . Myanmarload . 2 October 2017 . my . 29 July 2022 . 10 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230310172935/https://old.mmload.com/news/11980 . live .
  20. News: Myanmar's newsmakers of 2017: U Aye Ne Win and Ma Shwe Eain Si, nationalist power couple . Frontier Myanmar . 28 December 2017 . 29 July 2022 . 29 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220729204053/https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmars-newsmakers-of-2017/ . live .
  21. News: အေးနေဝင်း ပြောသော သူ့အဘိုး အကြောင်း . . 26 February 2014 . my . 1 March 2021 . 23 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230123134756/https://burma.irrawaddy.com/article/2014/02/26/55519.html . live .
  22. Web site: ဦးနေဝင်း၏သေရွာပြန်မြေးများ - မြတ်ခိုင် . www.wunzinn.com . 2021-03-01 . 2019-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190613003817/http://www.wunzinn.com/book/%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%90%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%A5%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%B1%E1%80%94%E1%81%80%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8%E1%81%8F%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BB%E1%80%95%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B1%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8 . live .

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