The Sky Aviator arms broker network appears to be using a nominee structure to acquire a significant stake in Advanced Connection Corporation Public Company Limited (ACC), a Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) listed company, raising serious money laundering concerns.

As the illegal Myanmar military junta was intensifying its campaign of terror against the people in 2022, junta head Min Aung Hlaing’s son and daughter-in-law purchased a luxury property in Bangkok for THB 98 million (almost US$3 million), Justice For Myanmar can reveal.

Companies across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region have continued business with the Myanmar military junta, providing a major source of revenue, as well as communications technology and aviation fuel.

An examination of developments since Thailand's 2023 power cuts to cyber scam compounds shows that the compounds actually expanded. Thailand's current crackdown on cyber scams in Myawaddy Township cannot succeed without targeting the root causes and dismantling the Myanmar military.

The Karen Border Guard Force/Karen National Army is a militia that has long allied with the Myanmar military and is notorious for human rights violations and involvement in organised crime.

Justice For Myanmar calls on GMS countries to cancel the conference and ban the junta from the GMS program. The ADB, which has decided to not attend the conference, should reconsider its support for the GMS program while it continues to engage with the junta.

The Myanmar military has been invited to the Tri-Service Asian Defense & Security Exhibition, Conference and Networking Event in Bangkok, organised by a joint venture of Informa, the parent company of academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group. JFM demands Informa ban the Myanmar junta from all events.