Myanmar: Team Investigating Missing Gem Funds Submits Report to Myanmar Government

Jun 9, 2016 | Radio Free Asia
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A team investigating the disappearance of nearly U.S. $100 million in funds belonging to a gem association submitted its findings on Wednesday to Myanmar's minister of natural resources and environmental conservation, the lead investigator said. The team had investigated nine members of the gem association’s central committee, authorities from the Ministry of Mines, gem association chairman Yone Mu, and three others who had been accused of misappropriating money, said Win Htein, director general of the Department of Mines under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation and chairman of the investigative team.