How German companies make money with Myanmar’s military regime

Protester holds photo of Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing

The army in Myanmar, which ruled the Southeast Asian country for decades and seized power again two years ago, is internationally outlawed.

(Photo: AP)

Bangkok Myanmar’s controversial coup general Min Aung Hlaing personally inspects the technology from Germany after the purchase: His subordinates presented the ruler, who is internationally isolated due to serious human rights violations, with a system that apparently comes from Siemens Healthineers. It is part of a new posh clinic that the commercial arm of Myanmar’s armed forces opened almost two years ago in the economic metropolis of Yangon.

The footage of Min Aung Hlaing’s performance, which shows the device bearing the Siemens logo, was taken by the military itself. Just weeks before the inauguration, the EU announced sanctions against the clinic’s owner, the military conglomerate MEC.

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