Serge Pun is a powerful Burmese-Chinese businessman whose businesses including companies publicly listed in Myanmar and Singapore thrived under prior military and civilian regimes. He has recently fallen out of favor with Min Aung Hlaing and was detained by the Junta for alleged financial crimes.
Born to Burmese-Chinese parents in Burma who were communist party members. In his youth his whole family escaped to Beijing and were welcomed by the Chinese as citizens when military junta took over Burma in 1961 and communist guerillas became the main focus of the army. As an adult he later moved to Hong Kong then Singapore and began establishing businesses in Burma with "funds" from overseas. He later renounced other citizenships and reclaimed Burmese citizenship so that he can own real estate in Burma. His communist Chinese links and links to Singapore, a known financial safe heaven for drug lords of Burma makes him a businessman whose moves and career are interesting to follow.
