A/HRC/42/CRP.3 drive, MEC and its partners donated Ks 18.2 million (USD 13,000) to the Tatmadaw on 10 September 2017.295 Other MEHL and MEC subsidiaries, such as Mytel and the Ngwe Pinlae Livestock Breeding and Fisheries Company, donated a further Ks 17.1 million (USD 12,100) to the Tatmadaw.296 124. IGE Group, a private Myanmar company with family links to senior Tatmadaw officials, also donated Ks 50 million (USD 35,000) to the Tatmadaw on 1 September 2017 in connection with the “clearance operations” that began on 25 August 2017 in northern Rakhine.297 125. Many of the foundations that made donations are linked to corporate groups with operational links to the Tatmadaw’s businesses. 298 For example, the Brighter Future Foundation of the Kanbawza Group of Companies (KBZ Group) donated Ks 300 million on 1 September 2017 and Ks 3.17 billion on 10 September 2017, amounting to almost USD 2.5 million. The KBZ Group is a major conglomerate with dozens of subsidiaries across industries such as construction, garments, insurance, banking, oil, communications, cement, aviation and mining.299 In addition to its past ties with Myanmar’s military junta and the contributions it made to UEHRD, an investigative organization found that the KBZ Group currently partners with MEC through a joint venture in Jing Hpaw Aung Jade, a company operating jade mines in Kachin State.300 126. Max Myanmar’s chairperson Zaw Zaw through the Ayeyarwady Foundation donated nearly Ks 1.37 billion at the 1 September 2017 and 21 September 2017 fundraising ceremonies (totalling USD 976,857) to the Tatmadaw to support construction of two miles of fence along the Bangladesh border.301 127. The Eden Group, which donated Ks 30 million (USD 21,000) to the Tatmadaw on 1 September 2017, operates the Tigyit mine, Myanmar’s largest coal mine in Shan State, together with a mine mouth power plant.302 MAPCO, an Eden Group subsidiary, is also part of Mytel, the mobile network partly-owned by MEC.303 Asia World Group, which donated Ks 10 million (USD 7,142) on 10 September 2017, has a build-operate-transfer agreement with MEC for a port in Ahlone, near Yangon.304 Other donors, such as the Race and Religion Protection Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation, commonly known as the MaBaTha, which donated Ks 200 million (approximately USD 143,000) 305 played an important role in fuelling anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar.306 The Mission received credible reports suggesting direct links between the leadership of MaBaTha and the Tatmadaw or some members of the Government affiliated with the Tatmadaw, suggesting that the relationship includes financial incentives.307 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 44 See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. Eg. KBZ Group’s Brighter Future Foundation, Max Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Foundation Mission research has identified 47 companies in which the Aung Ko Win, the owner of the KBZ Group serves as an officer, and another 23 companies in which his wife, Daw Nang Than Htwe, serves as an officer. This information is on file with the Mission. Global Witness, “Jade: Myanmar’s Big State Secret,” 23 October 2015. Mratt Kyaw Thu, “Security, infrastructure in northern Rakhine receives massive cash boost after refugee exodus,” Frontier Myanmar, 11 October 2017 (https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/securityinfrastructure-in-northern-rakhine-receives-massive-cash-boost-after-refugee-exodus). Ye Mon, “As possible restart of Tigyit coal plant looms, opposition rallies,” The Myanmar Times, 23 January 2017 (https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/24647-as-possible-restart-of-tigyit-coalplant-looms-opposition-rallies.html). See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. See Annex IV. List of donors and details of donations solicited by the Tatmadaw in September 2017. 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. A/HRC/39/CRP.2, paragraph 738. DI-011, K-106, DM-002. DI-011, K-101, K-106, DM-002. See also C4ADS, “Sticks and Stones: Hate Speech Narratives and Facilitators in Myanmar,” 2016 (http://www.burmapartnership.org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/02/SticksandStones.pdf).