Wärtsilä claims to have severed its relationship with Myanmar firm MCM and its ex-director, known arms broker Aung Hlaing Oo, dismissing leaked documents suggesting otherwise as a ‘forgery’
The regime-operated conglomerate took full control of the 6,000-acre gold-mining project area, ordering all previously hired personnel and affiliate companies to leave by the end of February
The military council gave five majors and 14 captains jobs in the main office of the Myanma Economic Bank in March of this year
Since an EU embargo went into effect in December, Russia has sought markets for its petroleum exports elsewhere, including in Asia
Labour activists and organisers decried what they saw as implicit recognition of the military council and profit-seeking without regard for the interests of exploited workers