Big international companies are leaving Myanmar’s energy sector controlled by the military council, reports BBC Burmese.
After the US’s Chevron and France’s Total announced that they will withdraw from a major gas project in Myanmar, Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Mitsubishi have also announced they will sell their shares. International observation teams said that the natural gas industry, which is earning at least one million dollars a year, is the main support for the military coup.
The BBC Burmese focus discussion includes an interview with the director of Burma Campaign UK, Mark Farmaner.
Watch BBC Burmese report (Mark Farmaner interviewed 5.05 – 8.35, dubbed into Burmese)