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Alexander Soros in Myanmar a week before Xi's visit
Alexander Soros, son of the the American Billionaire George Soros, had paid a visit to Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw - a week before the Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his official visit at the behest of President Win Myint on January 17 and 18.
Alexander, as stated on his social media account, is "back to work" in Nay Pyi Taw before Xi makes his first ever trip to Myanmar in 19 years.
George Soros, an influential billionaire that have been criticised as having his hands in many countries' politics, had blasted Xi as an enemy to 'Open Society' at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, January 2019.
Similar to the "coincidence" of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Myanmar before State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's trip to defend against the ICJ lawsuit, Alexander Soros is here in Myanmar before the Chinese chief gets here.
George Soros, now 89 years old, has also been criticised as manipulating Myanmar's politics with him supporting over 100 organizations through the Open Society Foundation (OSF), as stated on the foundation's website. The OSF has been spending billions of US dollars in over 100 countries across the world under differently labeled projects, be it human rights, education, women's rights, children's rights, democracy and peace. It has also spent 57.6 million dollars in funds across four countries, including Myanmar, in the Asia-Pacific during 2019.
George Soros has also been blamed for heavy handed swings in the financial markets of countries, with one instance being in 1997 where he was the one that started the financial crisis in Thailand which led to the ruin of many Thai businesses - in some cases leading to suicide. He had also been pointed out of his potential to be one of the parties that will brew trouble in Rakhine State in order to slow down China's Belt and Road Initiative.
"I worry that it would get too personal when I speak. This also has to do with business. I think he, back during 1993-1994, played with finances in Thailand which led to a great deal of trouble for business owners. A lot of construction businesses buckled, some committed suicide. So I think one of his objectives is that China's economy is growing rapidly. The GDP is going through the roof. He plays with finances. It is in his interest to keep trouble afoot in Rakhine so that the One Belt One Road will slow down so that his investments will be protected. All of us - government, citizens, ethnicities - must tread carefully when dealing with this. History will show who is right and wrong," said Zaw Aye Maung, Minister of Rakhine Ethnic Affairs, in his interview by Akonthi Media on November 7, 2018.
Ex-Union Minister and currently a parliamentarian Soe Thane had also said that George Soros have been pouring large amounts of funding for Bengali affairs. As stated on OSF's website, it had raised 10 million dollars in emergency funds in 2015 for Bengalis.
After the 10 million dollars for Bengalis/Rohingyas, the foundation had also funded Kofi Annan's foundation, a key member of the commission formed to investigate the attacks by ARSA in 2017, as stated on Kofi Annan Foundation and OSF websites.
DVB, Yangon Journalism School, Thabyay Education Foundation, Mal Daw Clinic, Equality Myanmar, Myanmar Observer Group Media Group, Institute for Strategy and Policy: Myanmar, Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security, Pen Myanmar, Myanmar China Pipeline Watch Committee, Myanmar Center to Empower Regional Parliaments, Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma), Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, Irrawaddy Publishing Group are amongst many that have been stated as partners by the OSF. The OSF had also stated that Fortify Right group, a group fighting for Bengali rights under the title human rights, was also funded by it once.
Observations and speculations abound that out of over 100 organizations connected to the George Soros in Myanmar, many of them are connected to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) - the organization behind the lawsuit initiated by the Gambia at the ICJ. Due to data leaks following a hack in 2016, it was also found that the OSF had paid between 50 thousand to 300 thousand dollars per organization to around 50 groups, medias and political activist groups.
The book written by Soe Thane, 'Myanmar's Transformation and U Thein Sein: An insider's account by U Soe Thane', also claims that George Soros, as per his modus operandi to paint the image he wants through lavish funding across the world, had also tried to do the same with the Myanmar government.
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