Zay Thiha
Zay Thiha ({{langx|my|ဇေသီဟ}}) is a Burmese business tycoon and vice chairman of Zaykabar Construction one of Myanmar's largest construction company.{{Cite web |title=Land battles surface in Myanmar as reforms unfold |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/land-battles-surface-myanmar-reforms-082527434.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Yahoo! News|language=en-US}} Zay Thiha is also a Lethwei promoter and the founder and chairman of the World Lethwei Championship, as well as president of the Myanmar Archery Federation, the governing body of archery in Myanmar.{{Cite web |title=World Lethwei championship to be held in Myanmar following success of ONE Championship|url=https://sport360.com/article/boxing-mma/one-championship-mma/223041/world-lethwei-championship-to-be-held-in-myanmar-following-success-of-one-championship |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=sport360.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Chip of the old block |url=https://www.pressreader.com/myanmar/the-myanmar-times/20180327/281960313298862 |date=2018-03-27 |website=The Myanmar Times}}{{Cite web |last=Tun |first=Tun |date=2020-02-21 |title="မြန်မာကစားသမားတွေအနေနဲ့ပိုကြိုးစားဖို့လိုတယ်" |url=https://yoyarlay.com/at2zl9db/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=YOYARLAY Digital Media and News |language=en-US}} He is the eldest son and heir of Khin Shwe, one of Myanmar's richest men and founder of the Zaykabar Company. On March 23, 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, he was arrested and sent to Insein Prison along with his father, following a conflict over a failed building development on military-owned land in Yangon.{{Cite web |title=Myanmar military revives years-old case and arrests Yangon business tycoon |url=https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-military-revives-years-old-case-and-arrests-yangon-business-tycoon |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Myanmar NOW |language=en}} They are became the first major cronies to be arrested after the coup.{{Cite web |title=Zaykabar Museum owner Khin Shwe and his son Zay Thiha charged and sent to Insein Prison|url=https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/zaykabar-museum-owner-khin-shwe-and-his-son-zay-thiha-charged-and-sent-to-insein-prison|date=March 24, 2022|website=Eleven Myanmar|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sai |first=Ko |date=2022-03-24 |title=Myanmar Junta Detains Crony Over Failed Building Project on Military-Owned Land |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-detains-crony-over-failed-building-project-on-military-owned-land.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US}} He is married to Nandar Hlaing, a popular actress, in 2008, and has three children.{{Cite web |last=bagyiaung |date=2020-06-25 |title=လူလွတ်တွေရော အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်တွေပါမကျန် ဝန်းရံနေကြတဲ့ နန္ဒာလှိုင်ခင်ပွန်း ဦးဇေသီဟရဲ့ စကားတစ်ခွန်း |url=https://celegabar.com/cele-news/585 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Cele Gabar|language=en-US}} On April 12, 2025, Zay Thiha was released from Yangon’s Insein Prison.{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2025|title=Junta frees tycoon ahead of Thingyan|url=https://www.facebook.com/theirrawaddy/posts/junta-frees-tycoon-ahead-of-thingyanapril-12-2025eden-group-boss-u-chit-khine-on/1102995661855590|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US}}