Soe Thein (Burmese: စိုးသိန်း; born 7 September 1949 in Rangoon, Burma), also spelt Soe Thane, served as Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) between 2011 and 2016 and a former Minister for Industry-2 of Myanmar (Burma) in 2010-2012 [2] He previously served as the Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Navy and is a retired Vice Admiral.

[2][3] After Ministry 1 and 2 have been combined, he was served as Minister for Industry.

Soe Thein has been accused of buying votes in Bawlakhe twice, in 2015 and in 2020.

[5] Thida Aye is a director at the Singaporean investment firm Dymon Asia, while Aye Chan is an Executive Director of an e-commerce site called RGO47.

[6] Yimon Aye is a professor of chemistry & chemical biology at University of Oxford.