Ni Lin Aung (Burmese: နီလင်းအောင်) is a Myanmar Army officer and he is currently served as Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force.[1] He was a commander of the Eastern Central Command, which comprises central Shan State. Before being appointed in August 2022, he served as the commander of the Eastern Command.[2] In February 2022, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat, he was sanctioned by the European Union for violating human rights and committing military atrocities and abuses against civilians, particularly for his culpability in the Mo So massacre in December 2021.[3][4][5][6] As of January 2022, he held the rank of Major General.[7]
Ni Lin Aung | |
|---|---|
နီလင်းအောင် | |
| Deputy Minister for Home Affairs | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2023 | |
| Minister | Yar Pyae |
| Preceded by | Zin Min Htet |
| Chief of Myanmar Police Force | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Zin Min Htet |
| Commander of the Triangle Region Command | |
| In office 2022–2023 | |
| Leader | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Myo Min Tun |
| Succeeded by | Aung Khine Win |
| Commander of the Eastern Central Command | |
| Leader | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Commander of the Eastern Command | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Burma (now Myanmar) |
| Spouse | Le Le Mar |
| Children | 2 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar Army |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands | Eastern Command Eastern Central Command |
On 21 July 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Ni Lin Aung was appointed by the junta as deputy minister for home affairs.[8]
Personal life
editHe is married to Le Le Mar and has two children.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး နီလင်းအောင်ကို ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်ပြီး ရဲချုပ်တာဝန်ကို ပူးတွဲတာဝန်ပေးအပ်". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). No. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Myanmar Junta Reshuffles Regional Commanders". The Irrawaddy. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Myanmar: Japan-Trained General Linked to Abusive Forces". Human Rights Watch. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Military Leaders, Military-Affiliated Cronies and Businesses, and a Military Unit Prior to Armed Forces Day in Burma". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Ni Lin Aung". Open Sanctions. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Backgrounder – Additional sanctions for Myanmar". www.canada.ca. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief Of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Soe Win Addresses Families Of Officers, Other Ranks From Loikaw And Pekhon Stations". Global New Light Of Myanmar. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Analysis | Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta's Highest Body for Corruption". The Irrawaddy. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "မင်းအောင်လှိုင် လက်ကိုင်တုတ် စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများ၏ တရားခံ လူမိုက် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်နီလင်းအောင်". Khit Thit Media (in Burmese). 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-12-30.