Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company Ltd

Aliases

MEHL; Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited

Address

189/191 Mahaban Doola Road, Corner of 50th Street, Yangon, Myanmar

Reg. ID

156387282

Official reason

Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) is a major Myanmar conglomerate, owned by the Myanmar military and its current and former personnel. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s Commander in Chief, is the Chair of MEHL’s ‘patron group’, along with other senior ranking Tatmadaw officers. In 2017, MEHL directly contributed to a series of fundraising events, w...

Other Information

Names of Director(s)/Management: Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung; Deputy Commander-in-Chief U Soe Win; Lt General Hsan Oo; Lt General Mya Tun Oo; Admiral Tin Aung San; General Maung Maung Kyaw; Lt General (retired) Nyo Saw; Maj General Khin Maung Than; Maj General Moe Myint Htun; Read Admiral Moe Aung; Lt General Htun Aung; Lt General Mi...

Date of listing

2021-03-25

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

Regime

UK horizontal

Target State

Human Rights

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual’s: • right to life • right not to be subjected to torture or ...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/680