Zay Thiha Explained

Zay Thiha (Burmese: ဇေသီဟ) is a Burmese business tycoon and vice chairman of Zaykabar Construction one of Myanmar's largest construction company.^[1] Zay Thiha is also a Lethwei promoter and the founder and chairman of the World Lethwei Championship, as well as president of the Myanmar Archery Federation, the governing body of archery in Myanmar.^{[2] [3] [4]} He is the eldest son and heir of Khin Shwe, one of Myanmar's richest men and founder of the Zaykabar Company. In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, he was arrested and sent to Insein Prison on 23 March 2021 along with his father, following a conflict over a failed building development on military-owned land in Yangon.^[5] They are became the first major cronies to be arrested after the coup.^{[6] [7]} He is married to Nandar Hlaing, a popular actress, in 2008, and has three children.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Land battles surface in Myanmar as reforms unfold . 2023-02-14 . Yahoo! News. en-US.
2. Web site: World Lethwei championship to be held in Myanmar following success of ONE Championship. 2023-02-14 . sport360.com . en-US.
3. Web site: Chip of the old block . 2018-03-27 . The Myanmar Times.
4. Web site: Tun . Tun . 2020-02-21 . "မြန်မာကစားသမားတွေအနေနဲ့ပိုကြိုးစားဖို့လိုတယ်" . 2023-02-14 . YOYARLAY Digital Media and News . en-US.
5. Web site: Myanmar military revives years-old case and arrests Yangon business tycoon . 2023-02-14 . Myanmar NOW . en.
6. Web site: Zaykabar Museum owner Khin Shwe and his son Zay Thiha charged and sent to Insein Prison. March 24, 2022. Eleven Myanmar. en-US.
7. Web site: Sai . Ko . 2022-03-24 . Myanmar Junta Detains Crony Over Failed Building Project on Military-Owned Land . 2023-02-14 . The Irrawaddy. en-US.
8. Web site: bagyiaung . 2020-06-25 . လူလွတ်တွေရော အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်တွေပါမကျန် ဝန်းရံနေကြတဲ့ နန္ဒာလှိုင်ခင်ပွန်း ဦးဇေသီဟရဲ့ စကားတစ်ခွန်း . 2023-02-14 . Cele Gabar . en-US.