Ni Lin Aung Explained

Ni Lin Aung
Native Name Lang:my
Office:Deputy Minister for Home Affairs
Term Start:21 July 2023
Minister:Yar Pyae
Predecessor:Zin Min Htet
Office2:Chief of Myanmar Police Force
Term Start2:21 July 2023
Predecessor2:Zin Min Htet
Office3:Commander of the Triangle Region Command
Term Start3:2022
Term End3:2023
Leader3:Min Aung Hlaing
Predecessor3:Myo Min Tun
Successor3:Aung Khine Win
Office4:Commander of the Eastern Central Command
Term End4:August 2022
Leader4:Min Aung Hlaing
Office5:Commander of the Eastern Command
Birth Place:Burma (now Myanmar)
Nationality:Burmese
Spouse:Le Le Mar
Children:2
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Allegiance: Myanmar
Rank:Major General
Commands:Eastern Command
Eastern Central Command
Awards:is not set -->

Ni Lin Aung (Burmese: နီလင်းအောင်) is a Burmese military officer and he is currently served as Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force.[1] He was a commander of the Eastern Central Command, which comprises central Shan State. Before being appointed in August 2022, he served as the commander of the Eastern Command.[2] In February 2022, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat, he was sanctioned by the European Union for violating human rights and committing military atrocities and abuses against civilians, particularly for his culpability in the Mo So massacre in December 2021.[3] [4] [5] [6] As of January 2022, he held the rank of Major General.[7]

On 21 July 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Ni Lin Aung was appointed by the junta as deputy minister for home affairs.[8]

Personal life

He is married to Le Le Mar and has two children.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး နီလင်းအောင်ကို ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်ပြီး ရဲချုပ်တာဝန်ကို ပူးတွဲတာဝန်ပေးအပ် . 24 October 2023 . Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd . 21 July 2023 . my.
  2. Web site: 2022-08-22 . Myanmar Junta Reshuffles Regional Commanders . 2023-02-19 . The Irrawaddy . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2022-08-10 . Myanmar: Japan-Trained General Linked to Abusive Forces . 2023-02-19 . Human Rights Watch . en.
  4. Web site: 2022-03-25 . Treasury Sanctions Military Leaders, Military-Affiliated Cronies and Businesses, and a Military Unit Prior to Armed Forces Day in Burma . U.S. Department of the Treasury.
  5. Web site: Ni Lin Aung . 2023-02-18 . Open Sanctions . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-01-31 . Backgrounder – Additional sanctions for Myanmar . 2023-02-18 . www.canada.ca.
  7. Web site: 2022-02-04 . SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief Of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Soe Win Addresses Families Of Officers, Other Ranks From Loikaw And Pekhon Stations. Global New Light Of Myanmar . 2023-02-19 . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2023-09-26 . Analysis Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta’s Highest Body for Corruption . 2023-09-26 . The Irrawaddy . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2023-05-11 . မင်းအောင်လှိုင် လက်ကိုင်တုတ် စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများ၏ တရားခံ လူမိုက် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်နီလင်းအောင် . 2023-12-30 . Khit Thit Media . my.