Last Updated: January 19, 2026
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
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.
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