Maung Weik

Maung Weik founded the Maung Weik and Family Company, which had a presence in the development, real estate, trading, and construction sectors.[1][4]

Maung Weik was a close associate of Khin Nyunt, a former prime minister and military general. He reportedly catered to wealthy young people, notably the sons of the generals. According to the semi-official Myanmar Times, he has engaged in drug trafficking from Malaysia to Burma since 2003.[5]

On 10 July 2008, he was charged with drug abuse and trafficking by the Lanmadaw Township police station, accused of importing ecstasy, methamphetamines, and ketamine, and trafficking them to the children of Burmese military generals and actors.[1][5] In November 2008, he was sentenced by the Lanmadaw Township Court, to 15 years imprisonment on drug trafficking charges.[1] He reportedly used drugs with Aung Ye Zaw Myint, the son of Ye Myint, a former chief of the Bureau of Special Operations.[6][7] Maung Weik was released from Pathein Prison on 3 January 2014.[8]

In 2016, Maung Weik courted controversy over bribery allegations that Yangon mayor Phyo Min Thein accepted a US$100,000 (equivalent to $113,000 in 2021) Patek Philippe watch as a gift from Maung Weik.[9]

In 2017, Mandalay City Development Committee approved a public-private partnership with MBCCD for a 10-year mega-development project in Amarapura, projected to include hotels, hospitals, schools, jetties, shopping centres, gardens and apartment buildings on a plot of 2,000 acres (810 ha) allocated by the Mandalay city government.[10][11]

In 2021, Maung Weik accused Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting USD $500,000 bribes and also accused Mandalay mayor Dr Zaw Myint Maung for accepting bribes of $100,000 and mmk 650 Laks for his medical costs in Bangkok.

He was previously married to Yin Min Thee,[6] the niece of Myint Swe, the Chief Minister of Yangon Region.[4]

Since some media published the press falsely that Daw Yin Min Thi, his ex-spouse, was the niece of U Myint Swe, Former Vice President, Daw Yin Min Thi had to come out herself in order to solve the issue.  

In 1973, U Maung Weik was born in Pathein and passed the matriculation exam in basic education high school Dagon. In 1995, he was graduated from Yangon University specializing in Geology. [12]

He represented Myanmar as a golf player at the Southeast Asian Games that was held in the Philippines in 1991, and at the Southeast Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup), which was held in Brunei in 1992 respectively.[12]

While he kept doing his business and duties very well, unfortunately in 2016, Local media published the news regarding the controversy over bribery allegations that he bribed U Phyo Min Thein, who used to be Chief Minister of Yangon Region, accepted Patek Philippe's watch as a gift from him. In contraction to that fault press, Maung Weik created a press conference and declared that he was ready for judgment anytime at any court.

Later, he fully supported NLD (National League for Democracy) government and became well known for being a closed fan of the NLD government.

In 2020, President U Win Myint awarded the 8 numbers of local businesses men including Maung Weik with the title Agga Maha Sirisudhamma Manijotadhara.

On 1 February 2021, Maung Weik was detained by Myanmar Military together with the politicians, activists, students and other famous people.

After detaining him for over a month on the date of March 17th 2021, Myanmar Radio and Television released a video file that Maung Weik, who is the chairman of Sae Paing Co., Ltd., had given to Daw Khin Kyi Foundation $550,000 illegally.  However, BBC reported that it was a pre-recorded video with low quality and did not sound clear.

On Feb 18, 2022, Maung Weik, who was detained by Myanmar Military, testified during the court hearing of former Mandalay Region Chief Minister, Dr Zaw Myint Maung, that he made cash donations of 65,000,000 Myanmar Kyats for Dr Zaw Myint Maung’s medical expenses.

During the February 23rd 2022 court hearing of Dr Myo Aung, who was accused of the acceptance of cash donations for candidates to participate in the election, Maung Weik testified that he made the cash donation of 11,000,000.

Lots of media reported, "he repeatedly said in the court that the case for cash donations was not for bribery, and only to show empathy as he lost his father and grandfather due to cancer disease."

Maung Weik explained that the 2008 conviction by authorities of drug trafficking was an ""Murder without death" " at a press conference at the Novotel Hotel in 2016.Moreover, Maung Weik said in front of the media at press conference that he never used or distributed drugs.

On the date of February 19 in 2019,  Maung Weik make the donation ceremony at the Pahtodawgyi for depositing the shrines and setting up the central pole together with the local people honourably. In addition to that, he also donated the umbrella which was also the 7th time crown of Amarapura Pahtodawgyi.

Maung Weik has donated a large amount of humanitarian aid. Providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Rakhine State,Donated 15,000 lakh kyats to the Resettlement Development Project (UEHRD) in 2017.

During the first and second wave of the 2020 Covid19, free quarantine centers and treatment centers were opened in Rangoon and Mandalay, and Maung Weik's company continues to donate oxygen concentrators and various medicines for Covid 19 until 2022.

In 1999 donated over 5,000 lakh kyats to the Shwedagon Pagoda,he also donated the umbrella which was also the 7th time crown of Amarapura Pahtodawgyi in 2019.