Daw Khin Kyi Foundation (Burmese: ဒေါ်ခင်ကြည်ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်း, abbreviated DKKF) is a major Burmese charitable foundation. It was set up by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2012, and is named for her mother, Khin Kyi.[1] It works to improve the education, health and welfare of the people of Myanmar.[2] Htin Kyaw was a leader of the foundation before his election as President of Myanmar.[3]
ဒေါ်ခင်ကြည်ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်း | |
 A banquet of the foundation in 2018 | |
| Abbreviation | DKKF |
|---|---|
| Named after | Khin Kyi |
| Formation | 2012 |
| Founder | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Headquarters | Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Website | dawkhinkyifoundation |
Activities
editThe foundation runs a Hospitality and Catering Training Academy in Kawhmu Township, in Yangon Region.[4] Aung San Suu Kyi's friend Nasuo Miyashito donated 2 Hino cars. In 2013, the mobile library service started with that cars. The leader of the project is Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung, a member of the Foundation's executive committee. It gradually expanded to 17 vehicles, 346 sets of computers and accessories, and more than 110,000 books.[5][6]
On 23 August 2019, Daw Khin Kyi Foundation has been providing assistance for the flood-affected people from 450 houses in 5 villages of Dawphyar Village-tract of Kawkareik Township in Kayin State.[7]
In September 2019, Daw Khin Kyi foundation and the Information and Public Relations Department under Myanmar's Ministry of Information, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for community centers and libraries.[8][9]
In January 2020, the foundation builds 50 houses for Chin internally displaced people (IDPs) in Thantlang Township, Chin State.[10]
In June 2020, Daw Khin Kyi Foundation have criticised for the land grant of over 23 acres by some MPs and member of the public.[11]
On 15 January 2021, the foundation had donated more than 530 million kyats to the government for buying COVID-19 vaccinations.[12]
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
editOn 10 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the military-led Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) raided the foundation's Yangon office without a search warranti.[13] BSI officials seized computers, financial records, and bank statements during the raid.[13] Moe Zaw Oo, who is a member of the Peace Commission set up by Suu Kyi's government, and Thant Thaw Kaung, a publisher known for advocating for libraries, were detained.[13] Aung San Suu Kyi was charged under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law, claiming that 1.86 acres of land and building in University Avenue Road was rented at a lower rate by abusing her position to open the headquarters of Daw Khin Kyi Foundation.[14][15]
On 17 March 2021, Myanmar Radio and Television released a video file showing that Maung Weik, who is the chairman of Sae Paing Co., Ltd., had given the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation $550,000 illegally.[16] According to media reports, Maung Weik announced a voluntary donation to the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation according to his wishes in the Naypyitaw Special Court on May 31, 2022, in connection with a USD 550,000 donation for the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, which has filed a corruption lawsuit against Aung San Suu Kyi by SAC.[17] Many media reported that "he repeatedly said in the court that the case for cash donations was not for bribery, and only to show sympathy as he lost his father and grandfather due to cancer disease".[18][19]
References
edit- ^ Ernestine Jimenez (19 April 2016). Obama hails 'extraordinary moment' in Myanmar as new leader sworn in. Bonham Journal. Accessed April 2016.
- ^ "State Counselor's Charity Receives Donation from China-Owned Company". The Irrawaddy. 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Myanmar swears in first elected civilian president in 50 years". bbc.com. BBC. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
Myanmar's new president has been sworn in, the first elected civilian leader in more than 50 years
- ^ Aung Kyaw Min (12 June 2015). "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's hospitality training school seeks new youth applicants". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Roy, Mantra (11 July 2014). "Libraries in Myanmar are Taking Strides in the Right Direction". WebJunction. OCLC. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Sedona Hotel and Daw Khin Kyi Foundation to Raise Funds for Underprivileged Communities". Myanmar Insider. 26 October 2018.
- ^ "FLOOD ASSISTANCE: DAW KHIN KYI FOUNDATION PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE". mitv. 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Myanmar's information ministry, Daw Khin Kyi foundation sign MoU on cooperation for community centers". Xinhua. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019.
- ^ "MoU signed for community centres and libraries". Mizzima. 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Daw Khin Kyi Foundation Builds 50 Houses For Chin State IDPs". Burma News International. 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Land grant for State Counsellor-led foundation criticised". The Myanmar Times. 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Myanmar Receives $10m in Public COVID-19 Vaccine Donations". The Irrawaddy. 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Military regime raids office of Suu Kyi's charity, detains two executives". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ "ရန်ကုန်ဒေါ်ခင်ကြည်ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်း အဂတိမှု တရားလိုကိုစစ်ဆေး". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 10 December 2021.
- ^ "ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် အဂတိမှု ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်းနှင့် ဒေါ်နီလာကျော်တို့ သက်သေထွက်ဆို". The Irrawaddy. 17 December 2021.
- ^ "ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်ကို မောင်ဝိတ်က ဒေါ်လာ ၅ သိန်းခွဲလာဘ်ထိုးတယ်လို့ စွပ်စွဲ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Mike (2022-06-01). "Key Myanmar Junta Witness Denies Paying Suu Kyi Bribe: Court Source". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "ဒေါက်တာဇော်မြင့်မောင် အမှု တရားလိုပြသက်သေ COVID-19 ကူးစက်ခံရ၍ ကြားနာစစ်ဆေးမှု မပြု". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "ဒေါက်တာ ဇော်မြင့်မောင် အဂတိအမှု ဆက်လက်စစ်ဆေး". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). Retrieved 2023-01-25.