Myanmar companies built bases on seized Rohingya land after 2017 exodusThe plight of the Rohingya has long stood as one of the most harrowing examples of ethnic persecution in recent history. According to the IIMM, at least nine private companies, including the powerful conglomerate Asia World Company, were contracted to demolish and redevelop villages once inhabited by Rohingya Muslims. Central to this troubling development is Asia World Company, one of Myanmar’s most powerful conglomerates. According to the UN report, Asia World was directly involved in the construction of bases, roads, and other infrastructure that replaced Rohingya villages. Tun Myint Naing’s father, who founded Asia World, was accused of being one of the world’s most prolific heroin traffickers dating back to the 1970s.