| Die Myanmar-Junta und der FIFA-Friedenspreis... |  |
Netter Kerl an der Spitze des zuständigen Komittees:
"The background of the chair of the committee tasked with coming up with a proposal on the process may not convince everyone that he will speak truth to power either.
He is Zaw Zaw, the 59-year-old president of the Myanmar football federation for the past two decades who, along with his company, Max Myanmar, was the subject of EU and US economic sanctions at various points between 2009 and 2016.
The US state department described him in a press release in 2009 as one of the “'cronies' of Myanmar’s brutal ruling military junta as it suppressed democracy and violated human rights."
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"'Contacts confirm that Zaw Zaw hired senior general Than Shwe’s grandson to play on the team,' the leaked cables went on, with reference to the country’s then dictator, who had been accused by the US of overseeing severe human rights abuses, including 'extrajudicial killings', custodial deaths, disappearances, rape and torture."
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/04/revealed-myanmar-junta-crony-given-key-role-behind-fifa-peace-prize]
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