Energy giants Total and Chevron are helping Myanmar’s military employ forced labour, hide its abuses and killings, and fill its coffers to the tune of nearly US$ 5 billion, neatly stashed away in accounts in two Singapore-based offshore banks, EarthRights International (ERI) said in two separate reports.
After years of research, the US-based rights organisation, which operates across South-East Asia, accuses French oil giant Total and US-based Chevron of covering up human rights abuses by the Myanmar military, which include forced labour and murder. Myanmar troops protect installations in the Yadana gas field, located in the Andaman sea, off the coast of Myanmar and Thailand. More...
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