A/HRC/42/CRP.3 accepted donations from businesses, including foundations of conglomerates, the families of Tatmadaw leaders, MEHL and numerous partner businesses, as well as MEC subsidiaries and joint ventures such as Mytel Co. Ltd., Myawaddy Bank Ltd. and MEHL-NORINCO joint venture, the Monywa Letpadaung copper mine.287 120. On 21 September 2017, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held a third ceremony in Sittwe, Rakhine State, with a similar purpose as the two previous ceremonies. During the ceremony, he spoke of the Tatmadaw’s “deployment of troops in advance for area clearance operations”, conduct against “extremist Bengali terrorists” and “erecting the border fence”. 288 He and other high-ranking members of the Tatmadaw then accepted donations from companies, foundations of conglomerates, the families of Tatmadaw leaders and the Race and Religion Protection Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation, commonly known as the MaBaTha.289 121. In total, 30 companies, often represented by their owners or directors, donated to the Tatmadaw. Among them, the Mission has identified six owned by former or retired Tatmadaw officials or Tatmadaw leaders’ family members. One of the subsidiaries of the Aung Myin Thu Group of Companies, which donated a total of Ks 60 million (USD 42,857) on 1 and 21 September 2017, is led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s daughter-in-law.290 The Authentic Group of Companies, the family company of former Air Force Commanderin-Chief Major General Tin Tun, donated a total of Ks 60 million (USD 42,857) on 1 and 21 September 2017.291 122. The single largest donor to the Tatmadaw’s three fundraising ceremonies was the International Gateways Group of Company Ltd., which donated Ks 6.3 billion (over USD 4.5 million) on 10 September 2017.292 The Mission was unable to obtain detailed information on this group. However, the media has reported that its owners have previously participated in Tatmadaw fundraising events.293 123. MEC and MEHL subsidiaries also made significant donations during the ceremonies. MEHL and its partners, such as Myawaddy Trading and Myawaddy Bank, donated a total of Ks 265 million (USD 189,000) on 1 and 10 September 2017 during the Tatamadaw’s fundraising ceremonies in support of the Tatmadaw’s “clearance operations” that began on 25 August 2017 against the Rohingya in northern Rakhine.294 As part of the same fundraising 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 (https://www.seniorgeneralminaunghlaing.com.mm/en/486/lack-of-country-loving-spirits-may-leadto-disunity-and-all-citizens-should-have-country-loving-spirits-patriotic-spirits-and-myanmarspirits/). Official website of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, “Lack of country-loving spirits may lead to disunity and all citizens should have country-loving spirits, patriotic spirits and Myanmar spirits,” 11 September 2017 (https://www.seniorgeneralminaunghlaing.com.mm/en/486/lack-of-country-loving-spirits-may-leadto-disunity-and-all-citizens-should-have-country-loving-spirits-patriotic-spirits-and-myanmarspirits/). See also Annex II. Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) and Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC). Official website of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, “Cash donations will be used in the areas where help is really in need according to the wish of the donors,” 22 September 2017 (https://www.seniorgeneralminaunghlaing.com.mm/en/1410/sep-22cash-donations-will-be-used-in-the-areas-where-help-is-really-in-need-according-to-the-wish-of-thedonors/). UCA News, “Nationalist Buddhist group banned again in Myanmar,” 23 July 2018 (https://www.ucanews.com/news/nationalist-buddhist-group-banned-again-in-myanmar/82894) See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. Digital record 2003. See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. Digital record 2003. The Mission notes that International Gateways Group of Company Ltd., is identified as a MEHL “partner” company on the official website of Senior General Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, and as donating to the Tatmadaw on 27 March 2019 for Armed Forces Day. On file with the Mission. The New Light of Myanmar, “Secretary-1 accepts cash, gifts for Tatmadawmen discharging duty in far-flung forward areas,” 19 March 2001 (http://www.burmalibrary.org/NLM/archives/200103/msg00017.html). See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. 43