Than Shwe’s Daughter Profits from Marriage
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It’s reliably reported by marriage watchers in
Not that the Than Shwe family, or bridegroom Maj Zaw Phyo Win— a deputy director at the Ministry of Commerce—were themselves out of pocket at all on the deal.
The wedding bill is said by
Wedding gifts are said to include diamonds, cars and real estate. It’s not clear who shelled out the most, but bets are on Tay Za as the chief provider. The boss of the Htoo Trading Company is rumored to have picked up the bill for part of the social celebrations and paid $300,000 or so for diamond jewelry from
Lo Hsing-han, head of Asia World Co Ltd, and something of a drug trafficker, kindly picked up the catering tab.
Diamonds seem to have topped the bride’s gift suggestions list—and thereby driven up the price of sparklers in
Doubtless the big spenders will be looking for a little payback down the line from Than Shwe.
The wedding’s net profit balance seems to have pleased the bride’s mother as much as Thandar Shwe, a diplomat last heard of in the role of Second Secretary at
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