Chit Linn Myaing Group (CLM)

• SECO (Switzerland)Active listingID 79255

  Source

  Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

  Source

  SECO (Switzerland)

  Retrieved

  2026-09-29

  Source date

  2024-11-12

  Extractor

  seco-xml-parser

  Raw evidence

  <target ssid="79255"><sanctions-set-id>39362</sanctions-set-id><entity><identity ssid="79261" main="true"><name ssid="79263" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Chit Linn Myaing Group (CLM)</value></name-part></name><address ssid="79262" place-id="79260" quality="good"><address-details>Shwe Kokko</address-details></address></identity><justification ssid="79256">Chit Linn Myaing Group (CLM) is a group of companies controlled by Colonel Saw Chit Thu, who is a founding member and Secretary-General of the Karen/Kayin Border Guard Forces (BGF)/Karen National Army (KNA), an armed group affiliated with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces), and his family. CLM is involved and profits financially from activities in scam compounds, controlled by the BGF/KNA, in the area of Myawaddy township (Thai-Myanmar border), including, among others, the city of Shwe Kokko. Shwe Kokko is a hub for transnational crime, including online fraud, drug and human trafficking. The scam city is experiencing massive human rights violations, including forced labour and torture, thus threatening the peace, security and stability in Myanmar/Burma.</justification><justification ssid="79257">To control the scam compounds, the BGF/KNA collaborates with the Tatmadaw, for example by informing the Tatmadaw about opponents of the government and by forcefully recruiting soldiers, thus further contributing to threatening the security and stability of Myanmar/Burma.</justification><justification ssid="79258">Therefore, Chit Linn Myaing Group is engaged in actions that threaten peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma and is furthermore benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces. Chit Linn Myaing Group is associated with the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).</justification><other-information ssid="79259">Place of registration: Myanmar/Burma</other-information></entity><modification modification-type="listed" enactment-date="2024-11-11" publication-date="2024-11-12" effective-date="2024-11-12"/></target>

  Name on list

  Chit Linn Myaing Group (CLM)

  Programmes / regimes

  Myanmar

  Listed on

  2024-11-12

  Last updated

  2024-11-12

  Countries

  Burma (Myanmar)

  Addresses

  Shwe Kokko, Shwe Kokko, Myawaddy Township, Myawaddy District, Kayin State, Myanmar

  Remarks

  Chit Linn Myaing Group (CLM) is a group of companies controlled by Colonel Saw Chit Thu, who is a founding member and Secretary-General of the Karen/Kayin Border Guard Forces (BGF)/Karen National Army (KNA), an armed group affiliated with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces), and his family. CLM is involved and profits financially from activities in scam compounds, controlled by the BGF/KNA, in the area of Myawaddy township (Thai-Myanmar border), including, among others, the city of Shwe Kokko. Shwe Kokko is a hub for transnational crime, including online fraud, drug and human trafficking. The scam city is experiencing massive human rights violations, including forced labour and torture, thus threatening the peace, security and stability in Myanmar/Burma. To control the scam compounds, the BGF/KNA collaborates with the Tatmadaw, for example by informing the Tatmadaw about opponents of the government and by forcefully recruiting soldiers, thus further contributing to threatening the security and stability of Myanmar/Burma. Therefore, Chit Linn Myaing Group is engaged in actions that threaten peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma and is furthermore benefiting from the Myanm

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