Confessions on illegal businesses of AA group
The government is striving for forging rule of law and development of the nation in all aspects. Trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs which is posing a great menace to the mankind including new generation youths to Rakhine State and international community has been presented to the people. At present, AA terrorists allows illegal entering of Bengalis into the country by taking money for their interest in order to purchase and supply man/arms, ratios and fuel to their group. In this regard, the confessions of Zaw Min Tun (aka) Soe Moe Lin (aka) Ko Nyi, son of U Kyaw Than Myint and owner of Tha Li Swa rice noodle shop artiste Rakhine singer Hla Maung Thein (aka) Bo Wine, son of U Kyaw Hla, who contacted Bengali brokers for handling illegal entrance to Myanmar, purchased a ship to be used in transport of rations and fuel to AA group and took responsibilities of sending ration under the order of Min Khant at the rank of Colonel from AA group were mentioned as follows: -
The confessions of Zaw Min Tun (a) Soe Moe Lin (a) Ko Nyi, son of U Kyaw Than Myint
I was introduced by Ko Tun from Masa khan Town, Yathae Taung Township. I knew Ko Kyaw Naing living in Sittwe.
Introducing by Ko Kyaw Naing, I met Ko Nay Moe Aung from AA terrorist group. I knew Ko Yin (a) Ko Myo Ko Ko because Ko Maung Phyu from Sittwe introduced me to him. He lives in Pauktaw, Sittwe.
There are shrimp ponds and three fishing boats. Those (3) ships are Shwe Thazin, Lamin Myitta and Ta Tine Ya. In November, 2023, they were arrested while loading fuel for AA terrorists.
I was asked by Ko Myo Ko Ko to run those ships. Shwe Thazin ship was bought for Ks-230 million, Lamin Myitta Ks-50 million and Ta Tine Ya Ks-40 million. The signing of the contract on those ships was done by myself because they did not come. I signed in the transaction contract. Ko Yin (a) Ko Myo Ko Ko knew Ko Min Khant who was a colonelrank member of the AA. He provided all the food and fuel to AA. He introduced me to Ko Min Khant, who was a colonelrank member of AA.
He said he moved in Yathae Taung, Kyauk Taw and MraukU. I met him in MraukU once.
After that, we were in contact on Telegram. About a mile away from Oak Pho village in Yathae Taung Township, there is an AA camp. There, I went to meet with Ko Min Khant because I was told by Ko Yin (a) Ko Myo Ko Ko. Then I went there to discuss the Bengali issue and issue of tax collection. It was said that Zee Chaung Dam in Kyauk Taw was occupied by AA. Ko Myo Ko Ko fetched me there. There were about four or five people there. After discussing about the smuggling Bengali, he sent me back from there.
Ko Min Khant who is in the rank of a colonel in AA asked me to report about the Bengalis who sneaked in without paying taxes, fishing boats that did not pay taxes and AA deserters through Telegram. I smuggled illegal Bengali into the country four times with Hamidula, Abdu Zawle, and Naw Ziamauk from Maungdaw and Ko Nay Moe Aung of the AA terrorist group.
According to Bengali brokers, smuggled Bengalis paid AA group Ks-200,000 each. They entered two times a month. At one time, there were between (70) and (100) Bengalis. Then each Bengali from the boats sent by Bengali brokers had to pay Ks-700,000. Bengali brokers get Ks-2 million for each. From there, they went to Yay or Mawlamyine and then to Thailand or Malaysia. AA collected a tax of one million per fishing boat for one season.
Ko Yin (a) Ko Myo Ko Ko had bought (3) satellite phones for the ships. A satellite phone cost Ks-4 million. Then he said to buy a radar. The radar cost more than Ks-30 million, so I didn’t buy it. Akhara was introduced to me by Ko Myo Ko Ko in 2023. When he arrived at Sittwe, I bought him machine parts and engine wine. Money was transfered by Wavemoney and Kpay. When I arrived in Yangon, I was called to come to Rakhine by Ko Myo Ko Ko and Ko Min Khant. At that time, my wife did not have an ID card, so she made a fake card with the name of Eaint Thu Lin and it cost Ks-80,000. But I will give Ks-100,000. The next day, I went and take it. I went to Thali Swa Monti shop.
After taking it, my wife went to Mandalay, but I went to Rakhine through the country lane. On 29th December, Ko Yin (a) Ko Myo Ko Ko asked me to take a ticket of Shwe Pwint Phyu express car from Bo Win and made me to take that express car. He also said that I must get off at 5 miles before I got to Minbu, and then contact Zaw Moe and A Ba San there. I was arrested on the way.
I had bought the AA group the fuel and food with the money collected from smuggled Bengalis. I just bought them and gave them to Ko Nay Moe Aung. Only Ko Nay Moe Aung and in the rank of colonel Min Khant managed them. I was afraid that I would be killed if I didn’t come back to Rakhine from Yangon. My mother was also there. She is over 70 years old.I was afraid that my mother would be killed.
I knew that if I returned with that car ticket, I would be arrested.
But I returned because I was afraid that I would be killed again. I wanted to earn my living honestly in Yangon.
My wife said that she didn’t want to be with me, so she left Mandalay. I was sick for two or three days. I didn’t want to go.I dreamed that I met my mother,
I knew that my family would be in trouble because of me.
My wife said that she wanted to get divorced. My mother had to spend Ks-1.5 million on medical expenses per month. So I went. They had asked me to do.
Now there is no one to take responsibility for me. In addition to not being responsible, I was the only one arrested in this car and they asked to arrest me exactly. I do what they asked me to do as I was scared. Now I regret doing those things. I also want to see my mother again. I don’t want to do them any more.
Arakan singer Hla Maung Thein (a) Bo Wine, the owner of Thali Swa Monti shop
In 2015, I started entering the art field and in 2016 I released an album called ‘‘How brave are the Arakan Men!’’. In March 2019, Ko Zaw Min Oo, who is in the rank of captain in AA group and I sang the songs at the stage show four times. Among those (4) times, in the morning of the last day of singing, when I was about to go back my home, he made me bring his worker and a small backpack with me to Ponnagyun. When we arrived Ponnagyun market, there was a man waiting on the street.
A package was given to him. I left his worker who came along with me there. Then, when I arrived there again, I met that worker. I asked him that what the package that he had given was. He said that the one wrapped in yellow tape was drugs. That’s when I found out.
In October 2022, we lost contact with Ko Zin Min Oo, who is in the rank of a captain and had been fired from AA group. No contact at all. Then, in November 2022, I got contact with him again. He was in Htigyaing. He told me to come and atttend pig husbandry course of his acquaintance there. I went to him. I stayed and learned there. After nearly two months of studying the pig husbandry, I came back. At that time, I learned that Ko Zin Min Oo, a captain-rank member in the AA group, was working for the AA group again. In February 2023, Ko Zin Min Oo from the AA group rented a house for me in Mandalay at Ks-250,000 a month.
At that time, he gave me the money I needed. When I was in Mandalay, I delivered car equipments and parts to Ko Zin Min Oo, who is in the rank of a captain in the AA group, about four times. Also, I sent him books one time. Then, I was told that I had to send the important items, but I would not have to make mistakes in delivering those things.
Ko Zin Min Oo, who is in the rank of a captain in the AA group, and I did not get along any more, so I immediately returned to Rakhine. After living with Arakan singer Ma Yu Yu Hlaing, we moved to Pyinmana with our family to open a Monti shop near Pyinmana. We opened a Monti shop called Thali Swa for three months near Pyinmana.
After that, we arrived in Yangon in last August. In Yangon, we opened Thali Swa Monti shop at the top of 31st Road in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region. In November 2023, as Sayar U Aung Gyan told me to come and sing, , I went to Rakhine from Yangon. I stayed there for about 40 days.
Then my friend Akhara knew I was there and he lived near the house I was staying, so he came to me. I told him I had not been okay. My friend told me that if I wanted to work, there was a boss in Yangon. If I went to Yangon, I could work with the boss. I came back Yangon.
When I arrived in Yangon, Zaw Min Tun (a) Soe Moe Lin (a) Ko Nyi , and I talked to him on the phone. After that, he arranged to see me one day.
The next day, we met at the RV restaurant in Kyauk Myaung, Tamwe. Seeing me that day, he told me about the work. I had to go and see the ship. I had to check how many people were in the ship and whether people on that the ship had stolen the fuel or not. The next day he called me. His wife’s ID card had been banned. He said he wanted to make a fake ID card I made the fake ID of Ko Nyi’s wife at Ks-80,000. He gave me Ks-100,000 but it cost Ks-80,000. I made this fake ID card with the name of Eaint Thu Lin at the shop in Pansoedan. Ko Zaw Min Tun (a) Soe Moe Lin (a) Ko Nyi then called me. He told me to buy him an express ticket. I bought him Shwe Pwint Phyu express car ticket to go to Minbu.
I met him about five times, two times outside and three times in my shop. On 30 December 2023, I was arrested at my Thali Swa Monti shop in South Okkalapa.
I want to say that our family have earned our living honestly.
Don’t destroy your life as you make your living honestly due to such a few nonsense things.
From now, I’d like to ask AA group, please don’t use the lives of such people. I would like to say that I am very sorry that our honest lives have been destroyed so quickly.