[6] Tun Min Latt runs several hotels in the Thai-Burmese border town of Tachileik in Shan State, including the Allure Resort casino.
[9] In August 2022, the British government sanctioned Star Sapphire to limit the Burmese military's access to arms and revenue.
[12][13][7] Thai authorities posit that Tun Min Latt laundered funds derived from illicit drug sales and converted the money into electricity commodities that were then exported to Myanmar through Upakit's Allure Group (P&E).
[14] Following the arrests, Kritsanat Thanasupanat, lead investigator of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, was involuntarily transferred to a remote post in Chaiyaphum province.
[15] During the September 2022 raid of Tun Min Latt's Bangkok apartment, authorities seized US$40 million in assets, including luxury cars, watches and bags.