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The Guardian - US
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Dominic Rushe in New York and Nick Mathiason and Diarmid O'Sullivan in London

Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar on 3 July 2021.
Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on 3 July 2021. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

In the two years since a murderous junta launched a coup in Myanmar, some of the world’s biggest oil and gas service companies continued to make millions of dollars from operations that have helped prop up the military regime, tax documents seen by the Guardian suggest.

The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021 and according to the United Nations special rapporteur on Myanmar, it is “committing war crimes and crimes against humanity daily”. More than 2,940 people, including children, pro-democracy activists and other civilians have been killed, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

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