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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Rising

Activist groups urge UN probe of its Myanmar envoy after report alleges ties to Chinese companies

Myanmar Peasants Day - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Activist groups are calling for the United Nations to investigate its special envoy to Myanmar over possible conflicts of interest, after a report detailed her consulting company's alleged ties to Chinese mining and construction projects in the country.

Justice for Myanmar wrote to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres following a report in Australia's The Saturday Paper outlining what it said were Julie Bishop's links to Chinese state-owned companies that operate in Myanmar. Since then, multiple other groups have joined the call for a probe.

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