In THe NEws

We have summarised some of the questions posed to the panel and asked them to respond. Here are their answers.

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French energy giant Total’s gas operation in Myanmar has been propping up the military junta by diverting funds from gas sales to offshore accounts instead of the government.

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China’s strategic and business interests in Myanmar had led it to side passively with the military junta after the February 1 coup. However, the anti-China sentiments prevailing among the military brass and civilians alike could spell trouble for Beijing.

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La Birmanie, caillou dans la chaussure du géant pétrolier Total ? Alors que la multinationale française essaie depuis maintenant plusieurs années de se présenter au grand public comme la major de l'énergie responsable, à grand renfort d'annonces sur le plan de la transition environnementale, ses activités dans ce pays du sud-est asiatique en proie à la guerre civile sont décriées ces dernières semaines.

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Tougher action is urgently needed to cut off foreign currency flows to the Myanmar military regime, suggested local and foreign financial experts, who argued that severing its financial lifeline would hasten the collapse of military rule.

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မုတ္တမကမ်းလွန်ပြင် ရတနာ သဘာ၀ဓာတ်ငွေ့ လုပ်ကွက်တွေကနေ ဓာတ်ငွေ့ တူးဖော်ပြီး ထိုင်းကို ပိုက်လိုင်းကနေ တင်သွင်းတဲ့ လုပ်ငန်းဟာ နိုင်ငံခြား ကုမ္ပဏီကြီးတွေ အတွက် အမြတ်မတန်တဆ ရနေပြီး၊ မြန်မာပြည်အတွက် အကျိုးရှိမှုက ပြောပလောက်ဖွယ် မရှိကြောင်း ဖော်ပြနေတဲ့ ငွေကြေး ဆိုင်ရာ စာရွက်စာတမ်းတွေ ပေါက်ကြားလာခဲ့ပါတယ်။

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A possible global treaty to address cybercrime risks legitimizing abusive practices and could be used as an excuse to silence government critics and undermine privacy in many countries, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Activist group Justice For Myanmar, which documents military-linked financial matters in the country, has accused French major Total of making excessive profits at Myanmar’s expense.

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Chinese energy companies contracted to build power plants in Myanmar have had their projects put on hold, and some are considering exiting the market, in a sign of how the military coup in the Southeast Asian country may be deterring even thick-skinned Chinese investors.

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Des centaines de millions de dollars provenant des ventes du gaz du gisement de Yadana en Birmanie, exploité par Total depuis 1998, seraient détournés des caisses de l’État birman vers la MOGE, une "entreprise publique à la gestion opaque, contrôlée par les militaires", selon un article du Monde daté 4 mai 2021.

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