Chinese travelling equipment manufacturer Wanxinda is alleged to have bribed officials of Myanmar’s military government and local labour authorities to orchestrate the arrest of trade union organizers from the Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM). According to reports, the company, which operates a factory in Yangon, allegedly sought to suppress labor rights actions by accusing union members of “illegal association” under Myanmar’s Registration of Associations Law. The arrests, which included prominent labor leader Myo Myo Aye and several STUM staff, are seen as part of a broader pattern of collusion between foreign—especially Chinese—investors and the Myanmar junta to silence worker organizing and undermine labor activism in the country.