A/HRC/42/CRP.3 No. Name of Myanmar company (if known) MEHL or MEC Foreign company joint venture partner559 and % held (if known) Domicile country of joint venture partner Sector (if known) 7 Myanmar Brewery Ltd562 MEHL 51% owned by Kirin Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd, which is in turn owned by Kirin Holdings. Japan 8 Myanmar Inno International Ltd. MEHL 44% held by Inno Co Ltd. Republic of Real estate Korea DICA 113981253 9 Myanmar Inno MEHL Line Company Ltd 18% by Inno Co Ltd. Republic of Real estate Korea DICA 114411612 10 Myanmar Posco C&C Company Ltd 70% by Posco Coated and Color Steel Co, Ltd. Republic of Manufacturing Korea DICA 108231777 11 Myanmar Posco MEHL Steel Company Ltd 70% by Posco Steel Co. Ltd. Republic of Manufacturing Korea DICA 154251022 12 Myanmar WisePacific Apparel Yangon Company Ltd MEHL 55% owned by Republic of Manufacturing Pan-Pacific Co Ltd Korea DICA 144782119 13 Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited (aka Mytel) MEC 49% by Viettel 14 Virginia Tobacco Company Ltd MEHL 60% by Distinction Singapore Investment Holdings Pte.563 562 563 MEHL Viet Nam Manufacturing Source(s) of information DICA 148764948 Information DICA and 121660253 communication Tobacco DICA 170936647 machinery, optical-electronic products, oil field equipment, chemicals, light industrial products, explosives and blast materials, civil and military firearms and ammunition and hi-tech defense products. The two partners signed the contract on July 25, 2005 and constructed the factory on May 15, 2006. The US$5 million factory came into operation on April 20, 2007.” (http://www.sulphuricacid.com/sulphuric-acid-on-the-web/Acid%20Plants/Myanmar-Economic-Holding.htm). The Mission notes that this joint venture is among MEHL’s most profitable (See, Su Phyo Win, “Military conglomerate hoping for more JVs”, 18 November 2016, https://www.mmtimes.com/business/23774-military-conglomerate-hoping-for-more-jvs.html) Than Sein, “Update on Tobacco Use, Tobacco Industry, and Tobacco Taxation in Myanmar, 2018”, People’s Health Foundation, pg. 13 (https://phfmyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AcrobatDocument-3-1.pdf). The Mission was able to confirm that Distinction Holdings Pte. Ltd. in Singapore was dissolved on 1 July 2017. The Mission was not able to confirm to whom Distinction Holdings Pte. Ltd. sold its stake in Virginia Tobacco Company Ltd., but notes that MEHL has previously noted that this joint venture is among its most profitable (See, Su Phyo Win, “Military conglomerate hoping for more JVs”, 18 November 2016, https://www.mmtimes.com/business/23774-militaryconglomerate-hoping-for-more-jvs.html). 97