A leaked document reveals that three Chinese energy companies appealed to the Burmese junta for help importing liquified natural gas from the Russian government, reports Frontier Myanmar, as the regime’s economic policies wreak havoc on the energy sector.
“The desperate and convoluted steps these companies are taking to try to keep operating is another example of the disastrous economic impact of the attempted coup which began last year,” said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK. He said it’s “appalling” that international investors would “facilitate deals between the military and the Russian regime for the sake of their own business interests”.
These companies are on BCUK’s Dirty List for cooperating with military-owned companies, including a project in Yangon on a port owned by military conglomerate Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited.