Myanmar: Growing number of foreign firms head for door


FILE PHOTO: Tear gas and fire extinguisher gas float around demonstrators as they run away from police during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, March 8, 2021. - Reuters

PARIS/YANGON, Jan 22 (AFP): The announcements Friday by TotalEnergies and Chevron have swelled the ranks of foreign firms that have quit Myanmar after the February military coup.

As the civilian death toll from the military crackdown has surpassed 1,500 people, activists have ratcheted up pressure on foreign firms.

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