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French power giant TotalEnergies to pull out of Myanmar over human rights abuses

Total and Chevron will withdraw from the billion-dollar project in southeastern Burma to construct a controversial natural gas pipeline from the Yadana field in the Andaman Sea to the Thai border. AFP - MICHELE COOPER

TotalEnergies, one of the world's largest energy conglomerates, says it is stopping its operations in Myanmar, citing "worsening" human rights abuses since last year's coup. The announcement, on Friday, was quickly followed by a similar promise from US energy giant Chevron.

The firm has faced pressure to cut financial links with the junta since the army seized power from a civilian government in February 2021.

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