Adani<\/a> Ports is paying $52 million to MEC. Documents filed with Myanmar\u2019s corporate regulator show Adani bringing in $141 million \u201ccapital in-cash\u201d and $148 million \u201ccapital in-kind\u201d for the project.<\/p>\nPer the documents, Adani Ports is paying $30 million to MEC as land lease fee and another $22 million as land clearance fee.<\/p>\n
Myanmar\u2019s military seized Myanmar in a coup and committing atrocities, genocide, and crimes against humanity even shooting down little children, evidenced by the people of Myanmar and United Nations investigation teams, so this information is stirring up rage towards Adani\u2019s new deal.<\/p>\n
Since February 2021 when the military forcibly seized power in Myanmar, 500 people were massacred by the military gunning down civilians not sparing even children when civilians protested against the military\u2019s coup to topple civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and detained her in an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n
Based on a report published by human rights activists and lawyers, the investigation alleged that Adani Ports is developing a container port in Yangon in association with Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC)\u2014funded by the military junta.<\/p>\n
Due to the atrocities of the Myanmar military forces, the US imposed economic sanctions on MEC after the military detained elected leaders, seized power in a coup, and shot down civilians.<\/p>\n
According to a report from Quint, presently, Adani is facing the heat from right-wing groups, human activists, and advocacy bodies that have accused the conglomerate that it could be indirectly financing the Myanmar military to conduct international crimes.<\/p>\n
A human rights lawyer Rawan Arraf and co-author of the reports said that the documents were leaked from the Yangon Region Investment Commission after the violent military coup on February 1.<\/p>\n
He told ABC, \u00a0\u201cWhat these documents reveal in particular is the amount that was provided to the MEC, a Myanmar military conglomerate that is controlled and owned by the Myanmar military (which) stands credibly accused and is being investigated at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and even in the case of the crimes against the Rohingya genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe concern here – as has been publicly stated by the United Nations fact-finding mission \u2014 is that these military conglomerates provide essential financial revenue streams directly to the Myanmar military,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAdani has been publicly put on notice several times, and they have refused to disengage from their Myanmar deal with MEC and that is a real problem. This money could be indirectly financing the Myanmar military to conduct international crimes,\u201d Arraf added.<\/p>\n
However, in February the Adani Group denied that it had engaged with military leaders over the approval granted in 2019 for the $290 million port. \u201cWe categorically deny having engaged with the military leadership while receiving this approval or thereafter,\u201d a spokesperson from the Adanai group told ABC.<\/p>\n
However, according to videos uploaded on YouTube by the Myanmar military as well as state media reports, Adani Ports CEO Karan Adani met top general Min Aung Hlaing in late July 2019.<\/p>\n
Notably, General Hlaing, accused of war crimes, can be seen exchanging gifts during a visit to Adani port at Gujarat\u2019s Mundra. However, an Adani Ports spokesperson said that Hlaing\u2019s visit was hosted by the Indian government and he was accompanied by government officials. The spokesperson also said that Mundra was only one location out of the multiple sites visited by the General.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for the Future Fund told the ABC if Adani were a US company it would now be “moving very quickly to review and suspend their operations because of the very serious implications that they could be in violations of sanctions laws”.<\/p>\n
“The concern here \u2014 as has been publicly stated by the United Nations fact-finding mission \u2014 is that these military conglomerates provide essential financial revenue streams direct to the Myanmar military.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there are global calls to deal with Myanmar’s military reign of terror, it is extremely alarming if the Adani Group is directly funding the Myanmar military.<\/p>\n
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