On 20 May, an OpEd piece from Eurasia Review said that the regime is being sustained by nearly a billion dollars’ worth of arms — plus raw materials to manufacture weapons — originating primarily from China and Russia, 2 permanent members of the UN Security Council, along with Singapore, Thailand and India. A UN report says that those providing these weapons are able to avoid sanctions by using front companies and creating new ones while counting on lax enforcement.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/20052023-how-myanmars-arms-purchases-circumvent-sanctions-oped/
The UN report is –
THE BILLION DOLLAR DEATH TRADE: THE INTERNATIONAL ARMS NETWORKS THAT ENABLE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN MYANMAR
Published on 17 May, this report is from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/myanmar/crp-sr-myanmar-2023-05-17.pdf
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