New Delhi – The young business tycoon Maung Weik is still believed to be under detention in allegedly connection with a drug trafficking case.
Maung Weik (35) the Managing Director of 'Maung Weik & Family Co. Ltd.', was arrested on May 31.
The Company, however, has denied that the police is investigating Maung Weik saying "it is just a rumour". He has been carrying out health care programmes and rehabilitation operations for Cyclone Nargis victims in Kyaik Latt township in Irrawaddy delta when Mizzima contacted his office in Lanmadaw over telephone.
Undercover reporters of Mizzima visited Kyaik Latt to find Maung Weik. But a company staff member in Kyaik Latt said that their boss had not come.A high ranking military source said that Maung Weik is being kept in a place belonging to the Home Ministry and he will be charged. He refused to give details.
Maung Weik was intimate with ousted former Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt. He divorced his wife Yin Min Khin, niece of the head of the former 'Military Affairs Security' (Military Intelligence) Lt. Gen. Myint Swe recently by paying Ks. 10 billion Kyats in alimony.
Myint Swe is a relative of junta supremo Senior. Gen. Than Shwe and his wife Kyaing Kyaing. He became powerful after the former Prime Minister was ousted.
Mizzima broke the news of the arrest of Aung Zaw Ye Myint, the son of the head of the Special Operation Bureau (1) Lt. Gen Ye Myint on May 29. It is learnt that Aung Zaw Ye Myint has been sent to a drug rehabilitation centre for de-addiction.
About two dozen people close to the military regime including film actors and actresses are being interrogated in connection with the consumption and trafficking in illegal drugs, particularly methamphetamine pills.
The case came to light when a popular actress Nandar Hlaing and her groom Zay Thiha invited Gen. Thura Shwe Mann, the number three man in the military hierarchy, for their wedding reception held in May this year.
Mizzima contacted Zay Thiha at Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel to clarify the reports about the meeting with Shwe Mann, but he scolded the reporter and hung up.
An Information Ministry source said that the actresses were released on parole on a request made by the minister Brig. Gen. Kyaw Sann. The Ministry is shooting six video films on Cyclone Nargis for raising relief funds.
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