Statements: Saw Chit Thu

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Person:nameSaw Chit Thu (a.k.a. Saw San Myint, Maung Chit Thu, Chit Thu)eu_sanctions_mapeu-sancmap-f7f234a0017959144da2b2a480c7676278835b32
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Person:notesAssociated entity: Chit Linn Myaing Groupch_seco_sanctionsch-seco-79222
Person:notesEntité associée : Chit Linn Myaing Groupframc_fund_freezesmc-freezes-b4578c3e18a6414b9e70d7a7f4ac014b8e80a0f2
Person:notesRank: Colonelch_seco_sanctionsch-seco-79222
Person:notesColonel Saw Chit Thu is a Karen/Kayin warlord and businessperson. He is a founding member and the Secretary-General of the Karen/Kayin Border Guard Forces (BGF)/Karen National Army (KNA), an armed group affiliated with the Tatmadaw (the Myanmar Armed Forces). Under Chit Thu’s leadership, the BGF/KNA is responsible for human rights violations and abuses against civilians in its operations areas, including scam compounds like Shwe Kokko. The compounds are regional hubs for transnational crime, including online fraud, drugs and human trafficking. The scam compounds are experiencing massive human rights violations, including forced labour and torture, thus threatening the peace, security and stability in Myanmar/Burma. To control the scam compounds, the BGF/KNA collaborates with the Tatmadaw, for example by informing the Tatmadaw about opponents of the government and by forcefully recruiting soldiers, thus further contributing to threatening the security and stability of Myanmar/Burma. Saw Chit Thu is the founder and former chairman of Chit Linn Myaing Group (CLM), a group of companies run by his family in cooperation with the BGF, also involved and gaining profit from Shwe Kokko. Since 2017, Saw Chit Thu is developing Yatai New City in Shwe Kokko in cooperation with Yatai International Holding Group. As founding member and Secretary-General of the BGF/KNA and due to his involvement in the scam compounds, Saw Chit Thu is responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma and is furthermore engaged in actions that threaten the peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is furthermore associated with the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).ch_seco_sanctionsch-seco-79222
Person:notesThe Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.enggb_fcdo_sanctionsgb-fcdo-ghr0104
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