Michael Kyaw Myint

Michael Kyaw Myint Hua Hu (; ), also known as Zakhung Zung Sau, is a Sino-Burmese businessman, known for his ties to the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and for founding the now-defunct United Democratic Party.

Early life Kyaw Myint was born in 1951, in Kachin State, Burma (now Myanmar). He married Nan Bauk, the youngest daughter of Zau Mai, a high-ranking officer in the United Wa State Army and Communist Party of Burma, of Kachin descent. The company was ultimately closed in 1998 by the Myanmar Investment Commission for involvement in money laundering activities. In 2002, Kyaw Myint gained political asylum in Canada, and subsequently migrated to Vancouver. In 2011, the British Columbia Securities Commission permanently banned Kyaw Myint from participating in British Columbia's securities markets and fined him for illegal insider trading and perjury, for using insider knowledge to buy shares in Maple Leaf Reforestation, and for lying to investigators. In 2010, he formally registered UDP under the name "Hla Myint" to contest the 2010 Myanmar general election. On 17 October 2020, the Union Election Commission formally dissolved the party, finding that the party had violated the Political Parties Registration Law.

Re-arrest On 29 September 2020, he was detained on a fugitive warrant.

Personal life Kyaw Myint is married to Nan Bauk and has four children.