Aye Ne Win

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]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Aye Ne Win. There is no family name.
Aye Ne Win
Born (1976-11-15) 15 November 1976
Burma
NationalityBurmese
OccupationBusinessman
Criminal chargesPlotting to attempt to stage a coup
Criminal penaltyLife prison sentence and death sentence in 2002
Criminal statusReleased under a presidential pardon in November 2013
PartnerShwe Eain Si
Parents
RelativesNe Win (grandfather)

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 and 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]

  • Aye Ne Win is the subject of Myat Khine's historic book Ne Win's Resurrected Grandchildren (ဦးနေဝင်း၏ သေရွာပြန်မြေးများ), first published in 2014.[21][22]

References
  1. "Birthday party at Secretariat sparks social media firestorm". The Myanmar Times. 24 March 2015.
  2. "Relatives of Ex-Dictator of Myanmar Suspected of Plotting Coup (Published 2002)". The New York Times. Associated Press. 10 March 2002. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. "U Aye Ne Win: Rewriting history". Frontier Myanmar. 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. "The Dictator's Grandson". Jeroen de Bakker. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  5. "Burma's Fallen First Family". The Irrawaddy. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. "Ne Win Family Members Sentenced to Death - 2002-09-26". Voice of America. 27 October 2009.
  7. Nov. 14, AYE AYE WIN Associated Press (15 November 2013). "Myanmar's president pardons 69 political prisoners". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. Mahtani, Shibani (18 February 2014). "Q&A: Aye Ne Win, Grandson of a Burmese Legend". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. "Ne Win's Grandson Invites Social Media Smackdown With Lipton Comment". The Irrawaddy. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  10. "With 'loving kindness', Myanmar frees 69 political prisoners". NDTV.com. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  11. Digital Hate Incitement of public opposition to the case against Burma the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (PDF). Burma Human Rights Network. 2 April 2020. pp. 12–16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  12. "Ne Win's Grandson Told by Family to Cease Media Commentary". The Irrawaddy. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  13. "Ethnic Armies 'Breaking Their Promise': Ne Win's Grandson". The Irrawaddy. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  14. "Key Rohingya campaigners face abduction threats". Anadolu Agency. 30 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  15. "In Conversation With a Dictator's Grandson". The Irrawaddy. 14 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  16. "Anti-pope provocations elicit Buddhist solidarity towards Catholics". www.asianews.it. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  17. "Kidnap Nay San Lwin and Maung Zarni, Proposes Aye Ne Win". Rohingya News, Analysis, Opinion, Evidence and Videos from Rvision. 1 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  18. ""အေးနေဝင်းကို ကန်တော့တဲ့ အကြောင်းရင်း ပြောပြလာတဲ့ ရွှေအိမ်စည်"". Myanmarload (in Burmese). November 10, 2017. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  19. "ရွှေအိမ်စည်အတွက်ပွဲကြမ်းတဲ့အေးနေဝင်း". Myanmarload (in Burmese). 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  20. "Myanmar's newsmakers of 2017: U Aye Ne Win and Ma Shwe Eain Si, nationalist power couple". Frontier Myanmar. 28 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  21. "အေးနေဝင်း ပြောသော သူ့အဘိုး အကြောင်း". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  22. "ဦးနေဝင်း၏သေရွာပြန်မြေးများ - မြတ်ခိုင်". www.wunzinn.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
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