Singapore
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Major Singapore bank halts financial services for Myanmar airline
A leaked letter signed by MAI’s CEO explains that UOB is halting the airline’s transactions, including deposits and transfers, by mid-August
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Claims Singaporean entities supplied $254m worth of arms to Myanmar junta are under investigation
Singapore’s government has asked for more evidence after a damning UN report recently accused the city state of being the third largest arms exporter to Myanmar’s military
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UN human rights expert releases comprehensive research on junta’s arms supply networks
The report identifies entities and countries sending more than $1 billion worth of weapons, parts and materials to Myanmar, and explains why sanctions have so far failed to prevent this
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New report puts spotlight on Myanmar regime’s arms brokers
Only a handful of the companies helping the junta buy weapons are under sanctions, says rights group Justice for Myanmar
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US calls on Singapore to use its ‘leverage’ to cut funding to Myanmar junta
A State Department official discussed with the city-state’s central bank how to restrict the coup regime’s ‘access to overseas financial assets’
