A/HRC/42/CRP.3 V. Foreign companies in commercial partnerships with MEHL or MEC A. No. Joint venture partners Name of Myanmar company (if known) MEHL or MEC Foreign company joint venture partner559 and % held (if known) Domicile country of joint venture Sector (if known) partner Saraburi Coal Company Ltd. Hong Kong, Mining and SAR quarrying MEC560 Source(s) of information 1 Coal Mine and Power Plant (Mai Khot) 2 Gold Cement Co, MEHL Ltd. with MEHL involvement through Gold’s Directors and those of MEHL’s Sinminn Cement Gold Cement Co, Ltd is 26.4% owned by GC Holdings. Seychelles Manufacturing DICA 111433240 3 Hanthawaddy Golf MEHL & Country Club Ltd. 37% by Inno Co Ltd. Republic of Arts, Korea entertainment and recreation DICA 117809668 4 JPMD Ltd. 49% by Japan Japan Myanmar Development Institution Inc. and 51 % by the MEC’s Amber International Ltd. Construction DICA 117819884 5 Mandalay Brewery MEHL Ltd 51% owned by Kirin Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd, which is in turn owned by Kirin Holdings. Japan Manufacturing DICA 107119337 6 Moe Gyo Sulphuric Acid Unknown China percentage held by NORINCO. Manufacturing Ministry of Defense561 559 560 561 96 MEC MEC MEHL Where the Mission was able to verify that MEHL or MEC officers sit on the boards of Myanmar companies named column, or the partial ownership of those companies by MEHL or MEC, the entries have been marked with asterisks (*). Digital record 2175. On 17 August 2017, it was reported that “The Ministry of Defense has rejected a parliamentarian’s request to relocate a sulfuric acid factory in Sagaing Region’s Salingyi Township during the Lower House session on Wednesday. Lawmaker U Win Thein Zaw of Salingyi Township raised a question about the military-owned factory operated under Myanma Economic Holdings Ltd (MEHL) near the village of Kan Kone in his constituency, citing locals’ concerns over their health and the environmental impact of the factory. But Deputy Defense Minister Maj-Gen Myint Nwe defended the factory, saying that it does not harm locals, and that it serves the interests of the country. The factory provides sulfuric acid used in refining copper to the China-backed Letpadaung copper mines. The sulfuric acid factory is a joint venture between MEHL and China North Industries Corporation commonly known as Norinco, which is involved in a wide range of businesses including automobiles,