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Singapore-based entities to Myanmar junta ‘dropped dramatically’ in past year: UN envoy. In the wake of a Singapore govt👍 investigation, exports dropped from more US$110 million to just over US$10 million.

Singapore govt began looking into the matter last year when 138 Singapore-based entities were identified by Mr Andrews as being involved in the flow of such supplies to Myanmar’s military junta.
According to Wednesday’s report, exports from Singapore dropped from more than US$110 million between April 2022 and March 2023, to just over US$10 million in the same period the following year.

Mr Andrews, who is the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, told CNA’s Asia Now programme that Singapore was a “standout” in the global decrease of weapons being shipped to Myanmar.

“Singapore was at one point, the centre of financing (for) many of these military procurement transactions, controlling or processing 70 per cent of them a year ago. That's down to 20 per cent,” Mr Andrews said.

A report he published in May last year found Singapore-based entities were the junta’s third-largest source of weapons and materials.“(This is) a significant step in the right direction for Singapore. On the other hand, we have the opposite direction with respect to Thailand,” he added.

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