Myanmar soldiers parade during ceremonies in the administrative capital of Naypyidaw. Energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Myanmar's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash nearly five billion dollars in Singaporean banks, a rights group said Thursday. (AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)Oil Majors Propping Up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group -- Yahoo News/AFP
BANGKOK (AFP) – Energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Myanmar's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash nearly five billion dollars in Singaporean banks, a rights group said Thursday.
France's Total and US-based Chevron have also tried to whitewash alleged rights abuses by Myanmar troops guarding the pipeline, including forced labour and killings, two reports by US-based EarthRights International said.
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