Firms in Europe, US helping Myanmar manufacture arms, report says

Myanmar military trucks loaded with missiles are seen during a ceremony marking the country's 75th Independence Day in Naypyitaw on January 4, 2023 [Aung Shine Oo/ AP]

Companies in the United States, Europe and Asia have been helping Myanmar’s military manufacture weapons used in human rights abuses, according to three former United Nations experts.

Companies from 13 countries – including France, Germany, China, India, Russia, Singapore and the United States – have been providing supplies that are “critical” to the production of weapons in Myanmar, the Special Advisory Council on Myanmar (SAC-M) said in a report released on Monday.