In the case of the Burmese military junta it is one of hogging everything in sight. For instance the eldest son of Kachin State’s Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint controls a local logging company called Awng Mai and exports timber to China, said local loggers.
Kyaw Thura owns most of the shares of Awng Mai Company since last year and the company is a specially authorized to export timber from Northern Burma to China. The authorization comes from none other than his father Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, the loggers added.

A local logger close to the company told KNG today, the company is mainly exporting hardwood called Tarmalan and teak from areas between the Irrawaddy River and Mogaung Town to China. The timber is sent across a ferry-bridge near Sinbo in Irrawaddy River.
The timber is then transported to China by crossing Laiza, the headquarters of Kachin ceasefire Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) controlled areas on the Sino-Burma border, the sources said.

From early last month, hundreds of new Chinese log trucks with workers have been entering those areas and the teak and hardwood are transported to the Sino-Burma border, according to eyewitnesses.

Initially, Awng Mai Company was run by the people who are close to the Commander Ohn Myint. However, most of the company shares are now controlled by Kyaw Thura led Maj-Gen Ohn Myint’s family, said sources close to the company.

The company is famous in Kachin State as it mainly exports teak and hardwood seized from others by Burma’s military bases, the local log businessmen said.

The company exported tens of thousand tons of hardwood and teak which were seized during the biggest log seizure campaign ordered by Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint in late 2005.

On the other hand, Chinese workers have been gradually entering Jubilee Logging Camp which is the last and largest logging field in Kachin State.

China has officially stopped importing timber from Northern Burma since late 2005, however, the illegal timber trade continues along Sino-Burma border.