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View all search resultsUNICEF defends renting from general's kin
The United Nations children's agency has defended adecision to pay nearly US$90,000 a month for its new office in Myanmar ' athree-story house owned by the family of an ex-army general who was slappedwith US sanctions during the country's dictatorship
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he United Nations children's agency has defended adecision to pay nearly US$90,000 a month for its new office in Myanmar ' athree-story house owned by the family of an ex-army general who was slappedwith US sanctions during the country's dictatorship.
UNICEF said in a press release Thursday it carried out an 'extensive search,' looking at more than 40 locations, before signing the deal.
Without mentioning the name of the Maj. Gen. Nyunt Tin ' whose family owns the property ' UNICEF said he no longer holds public office and was not currently subject to criminal charges or international sanctions.
Nyunt Tin was one of the most powerful ministers under the former junta regime led by Than Shwe.
