Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. - AFP
WASHINGTON (Reuters): An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar's ruling military leaders to represent them in Washington and other capitals said on Wednesday (July 14) he has stopped his work with the generals because sanctions prevented him from being paid.
Ari Ben-Menashe and his Montreal-based firm Dickens & Madson Canada in March signed a US$2mil agreement with a top general and filed foreign lobbying documents with the US Department of Justice, pledging to help the West understand the generals who seized power in the Southeast Asian nation on Feb. 1.
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