Belgian company cuts ties with Mytel after U.N. report

13 August 2019
Belgian company cuts ties with Mytel after U.N. report

A Belgian company has become the first to announce it is cutting ties with Myanmar’s military after a United Nations fact-finding mission called on businesses to sever all financial links to the country’s generals, VOA reported. 

Satellite communications firm Newtec said in a statement it would “follow the recommendations by the UN and stop commercial ties with Mytel,” a local mobile phone operator partially owned by the military. 

A company that handles public relations for Mytel did not respond to a request for comment, according to the VOA report.