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UK firm sold tech to Myanmar military, UN report says

Tatmadaw signed deal worth £74,050 with Aberdeen-based Veripos, according to UN

The Myanmar army, which has been accused of carrying out crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing of the country’s Muslim community, procured tens of thousands of pounds worth of technology from a UK company, according to a UN report.

In a six-month investigation by the UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar into the multibillion-dollar economic network controlled by, and funding, the military, known as the Tatmadaw, it was revealed that the British technology company Veripos was among the foreign companies who signed a deal to provide sophisticated navigation system technology.

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