Zay Thiha ( my, ဇေသီဟ) is a Burmese business tycoon and vice chairman of Zaykabar Construction one of

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

's largest construction company. Zay Thiha is also a Lethwei promoter and the founder and chairman of the

World Lethwei Championship World Lethwei Championship (also known as WLC) is a Lethwei promotion based in Yangon, Myanmar. The promotion brought to the millennia-old Burmese martial of Lethwei to UFC Fight Pass and showcased it to the world. The WLC events combined the hi ...

, as well as president of the ''Myanmar Archery Federation'', the governing body of archery in Myanmar. He is the eldest son and heir of

Khin Shwe Khin Shwe ( my, ခင်ရွှေ; born 21 January 1952) Burmese Business magnate, business tycoon and politician who served as a Member of parliament in the House of Nationalities for Yangon Region № 9 constituency from 2011 to 2016. He is ...

, one of Myanmar's richest men and founder of the Zaykabar Company. In the aftermath of the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then ves ...

, he was arrested and sent to

Insein Prison Insein Prison ( my, အင်းစိန်ထောင်) is located in Yangon Division, near Yangon (Rangoon), the old capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma). From 1988 to 2011 it was run by the military junta of Myanmar, named the State Law an ...

on 23 March 2021 along with his father, following a conflict over a failed building development on military-owned land in Yangon. They are became the first major cronies to be arrested after the coup. He is married to

Nandar Hlaing Nandar Hlaing ( my, နန္ဒာလှိုင်; also spelt Nanda Hlaing) is a Myanmar film actress of Mon descent. She was one of the leading actresses of Myanmar from mid 90s to mid 2000s. She won the 1998 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy ...

, a popular actress, in 2008, and has three children.

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