
MEET THE MOST INFAMOUS TYCOONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
MAY 12, 2025
Some of the wealthiest people in Southeast Asia have the dubious (dis)honour of (dis)gracing our latest Dirty Over 30 list. From the richest man in Malaysia to one of the oldest moneyed families in the Philippines, these tycoons live in sumptuous estates, educate their children at elite schools, hob-nob with world leaders, and often suffer no consequences for their direct or indirect dirty business dealings with a brutal and corrupt military that has been committing grotesque human rights abuses and war crimes for decades. How these people sleep at night is a mystery, however high the thread count of their bed linens.
It’s time for ASEAN member countries to act in concert to stop the dirty deals, and stop these crooked tycoons from propping up the illegitimate junta and funding atrocities in Myanmar.

