Than Shwe's daughter pleads for furniture at fair

Mizzima News
17 March 2008

Rangoon – In an acute display of lack of self respect, Khin Thandar Shwe, daughter of Burmese military junta supremo Snr. Gen. Than Shwe, visited the Myanmar Furniture Fair, pleaded and took away furniture worth approximately USD 10,000 without payment, sources said.

She visited 'Myanmar Furniture Fair 2008' held at the Armed Forces Hall (Envoy Hall) in U Wisara Road, Rangoon on March 8. She took away a truckload of woodcrafts and furniture in a 'CANTER' truck. Most of the stuff was from 'Golden Pollen Myanmar'.

"She took away all she wanted without making any payment. The furniture companies did not dare ask for payment from her because most of these companies are running on import-export licenses issued by Myanmar Timber Corporation," a source in the industry said.

A staff member from another company said they gave the furniture to her free of cost.

The biennial furniture fair was scheduled to be held from March 3 to 7 but was extended for another two days.

Thandar Shwe, daughter of Snr. Gen. Than Shwe and Kyaing Kyaing, was married in July 2006. In the videotape of the wedding ceremony, she was seen wearing a lot of diamonds.

The lavish wedding ceremony where USD 50 million was rumored to have been spent in one of the poorest countries in the world became infamous. The physical possession of the video disc and video tape of the wedding ceremony carries a prison term and it was strictly banned in Burma.