Ni Lin Aung

Major General 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]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Ni Lin Aung. There is no family name.
Ni Lin Aung
နီလင်းအောင်
Deputy Minister for Home Affairs
Assumed office
21 July 2023
MinisterYar Pyae
Preceded byZin Min Htet
Chief of Myanmar Police Force
Assumed office
21 July 2023
Preceded byZin Min Htet
Commander of the Triangle Region Command
In office
2022–2023
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byMyo Min Tun
Succeeded byAung Khine Win
Commander of the Eastern Central Command
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Commander of the Eastern Command
Personal details
BornBurma (now Myanmar)
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
RankMajor General
CommandsEastern Command
Eastern Central Command

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]

See also

References
  1. "ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး နီလင်းအောင်ကို ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်ပြီး ရဲချုပ်တာဝန်ကို ပူးတွဲတာဝန်ပေးအပ်". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). No. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. "Myanmar Junta Reshuffles Regional Commanders". The Irrawaddy. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. "Myanmar: Japan-Trained General Linked to Abusive Forces". Human Rights Watch. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  4. "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. 2022-03-25.
  5. "Ni Lin Aung". Open Sanctions. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. "Backgrounder – Additional sanctions for Myanmar". www.canada.ca. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  7. "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. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  8. "Analysis | Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta's Highest Body for Corruption". The Irrawaddy. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
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