Junta troops raided the office of state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) in Naypyitaw yesterday, detaining some senior officials for interrogation, reports the Irrawaddy.
The raid was allegedly prompted by the leak of information about a secret bank account set up by the office to allow the regime to bypass international financial sanctions. MOGE provides the regime with its biggest single source of revenue by selling oil and gas abroad. It has been sanctioned by the EU.
Burma Campaign UK has called on the British government to sanction the company, and Justice for Myanmar (JFM), a rights watchdog that monitors the junta’s businesses, has also called on governments, including those of the US and Japan, to do so.