Myanmar: Corruption of Myanmar’s Illegal Teak Trade 'Goes to the Heart of Government'

Feb 21, 2019 | Ekklesia
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For three decades, the multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak has been riddled with crime and high-level corruption, driving conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar. Now, a two-year undercover investigation by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has unearthed and exposed a near-mythic ‘Burmese teak kingpin’ at the centre of an international network, the so-called ‘Shadow President’ who conspired with and bribed the most senior military and Government officials in Myanmar.