Thread by @ChongJaIan, Sg’s ties to Myanmar are unsurprising. I’m aware of the arguments for [...]

Sg’s ties to Myanmar are unsurprising. I’m aware of the arguments for business & relations with neighbors. However, activity abetting instability in Sg’s own neighborhood, even if inadvertent, cannot be good for Sg. https://twitter.com/JusticeMyanmar/status/1359397195137445888

https://twitter.com/JusticeMyanmar/status/1359397195137445888

There is also this: https://sinthapage.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/singaporean-companies-supporting-the-myanmar-military-and-the-people-that-run-them/?fbclid=IwAR19JQkzmakvpVJQv_AanfR3V0lP6CE-XmyWa4tfFq21Mm6BgvK9Dfpev8s

Singaporean Companies Supporting the Myanmar Military and the People that Run Them

Being from Singapore and having tons of Singaporean friends, I can’t imagine any of them getting weapons from North Korea to the Burmese military, but that is exactly what two Singaporean com…

https://sinthapage.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/singaporean-companies-supporting-the-myanmar-military-and-the-people-that-run-them/?fbclid=IwAR19JQkzmakvpVJQv_AanfR3V0lP6CE-XmyWa4tfFq21Mm6BgvK9Dfpev8s

https://www.stengg.com/en/newsroom/news-releases/st-engineering-launches-industry-first-cybersecurity-operation-centre-as-a-platform-solution/

News - ST Engineering Launches Industry-First Cybersecurity Operation Centre As-A-Platform Solution...

ST Engineering’s Electronics sector today launched a first-of-its-kind Cybersecurity Operation Centre As-A-Platform (SOCaaP) that delivers customised security operations centre (SOC) solutions that...

https://www.stengg.com/en/newsroom/news-releases/st-engineering-launches-industry-first-cybersecurity-operation-centre-as-a-platform-solution/

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/7-countries-still-supplying-arms-to-myanmar-military/1550371

7 countries still supplying arms to Myanmar military

UN report details how foreign and local businesses funded atrocities against Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine state - Anadolu Agency

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/7-countries-still-supplying-arms-to-myanmar-military/1550371

https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/media-centre/news/2019/june/singapore-is-largest-investor-in-myanmar

Thanks to @CollinSLKoh for the reminder. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN20R0C1

As Myanmar farmers lose their land, sand mining for Singapore is blamed

From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields.

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN20R0C1

Some other ties noted by UN OHCHR https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/FFM-Myanmar/EconomicInterestsMyanmarMilitary/A_HRC_42_CRP_3.pdf

See paragraph 79 of the above OHCHR document

Then there is this. Search “Singapore” in this Note by the President of the UN Security Council. https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2018/171

Some other developments on the ground in Myanmar re: perceptions of Singapore, its role & relationships in the country: https://twitter.com/historyogi/status/1360460607871283202

https://twitter.com/historyogi/status/1360460607871283202

More Singapore exposure & risks: https://www.todayonline.com/world/trafiguras-puma-energy-suspends-all-operations-myanmar

Trafigura's Puma Energy suspends all operations in Myanmar

Trafigura's Puma Energy said it had suspended all operations in Myanmar for safety and security reasons after a military coup, which has prompted strikes and protests.

https://www.todayonline.com/world/trafiguras-puma-energy-suspends-all-operations-myanmar

Note also this recently ended relationship. “The rest of Virginia Tobacco is owned by Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL), one of two conglomerates run by the country's military, according to a 2019 United Nations report.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-singapore-idUSKBN2A90BU

Singapore magnate to axe army-linked Myanmar tobacco investment

A prominent Singapore businessman has said he will exit his investment in a tobacco firm linked to the Myanmar military, after the army deposed the country's democratically elected government in a...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-singapore-idUSKBN2A90BU

Some alleged historical Singapore-Myanmar ties: https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/weapons-factory-opens-myanmar_19980722.html

Also https://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=1173

This was coming, given the development of events. https://twitter.com/mrattkthu/status/1361910667020816384