{{Short description|Burmese Army officer}} {{Family name hatnote|Ni Lin Aung|lang=Burmese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ni Lin Aung | native_name = {{lang|my|နီလင်းအောင်}} | native_name_lang = my | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Deputy Minister for Home Affairs | status = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_start = 21 July 2023 | leader = | minister = Yar Pyae | predecessor = Zin Min Htet | successor = | office2 = Chief of Myanmar Police Force | status2 = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_start2 = 21 July 2023 | predecessor2 = Zin Min Htet | successor2 = | office3 = Commander of the Triangle Region Command | status3 = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_start3 = 2022 | term_end3 = 2023 | leader3 = Min Aung Hlaing | predecessor3 = Myo Min Tun | successor3 = Aung Khine Win | office4 = Commander of the Eastern Central Command | status4 = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_end4 = August 2022 | leader4 = Min Aung Hlaing | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | office5 = Commander of the Eastern Command | pronunciation = | birth_date = | birth_place = Burma (now Myanmar) | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | citizenship = | party = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | spouse = Le Le Mar | relations = | children = 2 | mother = | father = | relatives = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = Myanmar Army | branch = Myanmar Army | rank = Major general | unit = | commands = Eastern Command<br/>Eastern Central Command | battles = | mawards = <!-- for military awards - appears as "Awards" if |awards= is not set --> }}
'''Ni Lin Aung''' ({{langx|my|နီလင်းအောင်}}) is a Myanmar Army officer and currently the Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force.<ref>{{cite news |title=ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး နီလင်းအောင်ကို ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်ပြီး ရဲချုပ်တာဝန်ကို ပူးတွဲတာဝန်ပေးအပ် |url=https://news-eleven.com/article/251132 |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd |issue=21 July 2023 |language=my}}</ref> He was a commander of the Eastern Central Command, which comprises central Shan State. Before being appointed in August 2022, he served as the commander of the Eastern Command.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-22 |title=Myanmar Junta Reshuffles Regional Commanders |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-reshuffles-regional-commanders.html |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2022, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat, he was sanctioned by the European Union for violating human rights and committing military atrocities and abuses against civilians, particularly for his culpability in the Mo So massacre in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=Myanmar: Japan-Trained General Linked to Abusive Forces |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/10/myanmar-japan-trained-general-linked-abusive-forces |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-25 |title=Treasury Sanctions Military Leaders, Military-Affiliated Cronies and Businesses, and a Military Unit Prior to Armed Forces Day in Burma |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0679 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ni Lin Aung |url=https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-cKug2HW82XyWPTsgfhkL9J/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Open Sanctions |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Backgrounder – Additional sanctions for Myanmar |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/01/backgrounder--additional-sanctions.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> As of January 2022, he held the rank of Major General.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief Of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Soe Win Addresses Families Of Officers, Other Ranks From Loikaw And Pekhon Stations|work= Global New Light Of Myanmar |url=https://www.gnlm.com.mm/sac-vice-chairman-deputy-commander-in-chief-of-defence-services-vice-senior-general-soe-win-addresses-families-of-officers-other-ranks-from-loikaw-and-pekhon-stations/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
On 21 July 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Ni Lin Aung was appointed by the junta as deputy minister for home affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-26 |title=Analysis {{!}} Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta's Highest Body for Corruption |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-coup-leader-fires-two-members-of-juntas-highest-body-for-corruption.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == He is married to Le Le Mar and has two children.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-11 |title=မင်းအောင်လှိုင် လက်ကိုင်တုတ် စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများ၏ တရားခံ လူမိုက် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်နီလင်းအောင် |url=https://yktnews.com/2023/05/102066/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Khit Thit Media |language=my}}</ref>
== See also ==
* 2021–2023 Myanmar civil war * State Administration Council * Tatmadaw
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