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| Type | Company | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Dirección de Industrias de Defensa de Myanmar · Direction des industries de la défense du Myanmar · Directorate for Defence Industries · Directorate of Defence Industries · Directorate of Defense Industries · | [sources] | |||
| Other name | Defence Products Industries · Directorate for Defence Industries · Karkweye Pyitsu Setyoun · Ministry of Defense Directorate of Defense Industries · Myanma Defense Products Industry · | [sources] | |||
| Weak alias | Defense Products Industries · Ka Pa Sa | [sources] | |||
| Incorporation date | not available | [sources] | |||
| Legal form | Government Entity · Public Company · entreprise d’État · state-owned enterprise (SOE) | [sources] | |||
| Jurisdiction | Myanmar | [sources] | |||
| Country | Myanmar | [sources] | |||
| Description | Cooperation partner of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID. KPe.001) in Myanmar. Receiver of illegal shipments of three cylindrical grinding machines and an LCR meter to Myanmar in 2008 as well as about two attempted shipments of an automatic direct current magnetization characteristic recorder to Myanmar via Malaysia in 2008 and 2009. According to a UN member state, the Directorate maintains a sophisticated global procurement network and that its Director, Tun Hlaing, had reportedly been involved in overseas procurements and was associated with at least two Singapore-based firms, Excellence Metal Casting and STE Global Trading Pte Ltd. It further indicated that Tun Hlaing may have previously been associated with Myanmar’s Excellence Mineral Manufacturing Co. Ltd, previously designated by a Member State for working with officials of the DPRK, to import materiel for military weapons programs. | [sources] | |||
| PermID | 5096778975 | [sources] | |||
| Registration number | not available | [sources] | |||
| Unique Entity ID | JXGVXJN8WEN6 · MVJYPJ42A4C7 · MVPRH15TMVA7 · MVQ2GLRYHU81 | [sources] | |||
| Status | Active | [sources] | |||
| Address | MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, SHWEDAGON PAGODA ROAD, RANGOON, MMR · Ministry of Defense, Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Rangoon · Myanmar · Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon · Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, MYANMAR · | [sources] | |||
| Source link | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · home.treasury.gov · permid.org · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov | [sources] | |||
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a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD); Place of registration: Myanmar; Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing; Lieutenant-General Thein Htay; Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo; Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense
Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior- General Min Aung Hlaing; Lieutenant-General Thein Htay; Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;
Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense
The Myanmar Directorate of Defense Industries is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) that also acts as the only Myanmar entity in charge of arms production for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). The Directorate of Defense Industries is headed by Lt-Gen. Thein Htay, a member of the Myanmar military. It falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, EU-listed Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and is linked to several military- linked or military- appointed figures, such as the commander-in-chief and his deputy. As such, the Directorate of Defense Industries is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 Feb 2021coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar since the coup.
Place of registration: Myanmar
a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD); Place of registration: Myanmar; Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing; Lieutenant-General Thein Htay; Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo; Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense
Personnes associées: commandant en chef des forces armées du Myanmar, généralissime Min Aung Hlaing; Général de corps d’armée Thein Htay; Ministre de la défense, général Mya Htun Oo - Autres entités associées: ministère de la défense du Myanmar - La direction des industries de la défense du Myanmar est une entreprise publique qui relève du ministère de la défense et qui est également la seule entité du Myanmar chargée de la production d’armes destinées aux forces armées du Myanmar (Tatmadaw). La direction des industries de la défense est dirigée par le général de corps d’armée Thein Htay, membre de l’armée du Myanmar. Elle relève de l’autorité du commandant en chef de la Tatmadaw, le généralissime Min Aung Hlaing, inscrit sur la liste de l’UE, et est liée à plusieurs personnalités liées à l’armée ou nommées par elle, telles que le commandant en chef et son adjoint. À ce titre, la direction des industries de la défense est placée sous le contrôle des forces armées du Myanmar, y compris depuis le coup d’État du 1er février 2021. Elle permet à l’armée du Myanmar de commettre des violences à l’encontre des civils du pays et joue donc un rôle essentiel pour ce qui est d’alimenter la spirale de violence dans laquelle le Myanmar est plongé depuis le coup d’État.
Disqualified
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Type d’entité: entreprise d’État. Lieu d’enregistrement: Myanmar. Personnes associées: commandant en chef des forces armées du Myanmar, généralissime Min Aung Hlaing; Général de corps d’armée Thein Htay; Ministre de la défense, général Mya Htun Oo. Autres entités associées: ministère de la défense du Myanmar.
(also MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, MYANMA DEFENSE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MYANMAR DEFENSE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, MYANMA DEFENSE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MYANMAR DEFENSE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY)
(also DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES)
(also DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES)
(also DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES)
(also DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES)
(also DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES)
(also DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIES)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Authority | Program | Start date | End date | |
| Switzerland | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs | - | |||
| Address | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full address | Country | |
| Ministry of Defense, Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Rangoon | Myanmar | |
| Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, MYANMAR · Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar | Myanmar | |
| Documents | ||
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| Document | Date | |
| Treasury Sanctions Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Abuse on International Human Rights Day | ||
| Linked from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Soe Min Htike Co. Ltd. | Soe Min Htike Company, Ltd " is a procurement agent for Myanmar’s Directorate of Defence Industries | - | - | |
| Asia Metal Co. Ltd. | ||||
| Members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Tun Hlaing | Director | - | - | |
| Kyaw Nyunt Oo | Member | - | - | |
| United States | Office of Foreign Assets Control | Burma-Related Sanctions | - | - |
| United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 | - |
| United Kingdom | Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK | UK sanctions relating to Myanmar | - |
| Belgium | Federal Public Service Finance | EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Myanmar And Burma | - |
| Canada | Global Affairs Canada | Special Economic Measures Act | - | - |
| European Union | Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union | EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Myanmar And Burma | - |
| United Kingdom | The Insolvency Service | - | - |
| Monaco | La Principauté de Monaco | - | - | - |
| France | Direction Générale du Trésor | EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Myanmar And Burma | - | - |
| Asia Metal constructed buildings and supplied construction materials on a factory compound of the Directorate of Defense Industries |
| - |
| - |
| Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation Export controlled · Sanctioned entity | Cooperation partner | - | - |
| Thein Htay | Chief | - | - |