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Al Jazeera Staff

Myanmar military has imported weaponry worth $1bn since coup

The military seized power from the elected government in February 2021 [File: Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo]

Myanmar’s military has imported arms worth at least $1bn since seizing power in February 2021, despite “overwhelming evidence of its responsibility for atrocity crimes”, a United Nations expert has said.

Most of the weapons came from Russia, China and companies in Singapore, Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar said in a report [PDF] released on Wednesday in New York.

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