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French energy giant Total will withhold tens of millions of dollars in cash dividend payments to the Myanmar junta from a very profitable gas pipeline company part-owned by the military-­controlled Myanma Oil and gas Enterprise.

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法國石油集團道達爾（Total）與美國能源公司雪佛龍（Chevron）決定暫停緬甸合資公司一些股利支付，以免款項流向緬甸軍政府。民主人士加以讚揚，認為是採取行動的重要第一步。

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The international oil giants Total and Chevron have suspended some cash dividends to Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas company MOGE, amid increasing pressure for Western oil and gas firms to cut their ties with the military government.

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Advocacy groups have called on French fossil fuel giant Total and US company Chevron to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military, after announcing they would suspend dividend payments to the junta from a large gas project in the wake of February’s coup.

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Dans un rapport publié ce jeudi par BankTrack et Justice for Myanmar, neuf groupes bancaires, dont BNP Paribas et La Banque postale, sont alertés sur leurs investissements dans des sociétés qui risquent de se rendre complice de crimes.

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Las ONG Justice for Myanmar y BankTrack pidieron este jueves a más de una treintena de bancos internacionales, incluidos los españoles Santander y CaixaBank, que cancelen o suspendan sus inversiones en empresas que tengan alguna vinculación con la junta militar en Birmania (Myanmar).

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Många internationella banker har kvar stora investeringar i bolag med nära koppling till militären i Myanmar. Bland dem finns tre svenska storbanker.

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French oil and gas group Total and U.S. energy company Chevron have suspended some payments from a gas joint venture that would have reached Myanmar's junta, earning praise from pro-democracy activists for taking an important first step.

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Total and Chevron have suspended dividend payments to a Myanmar company linked to the military, but will continue to operate the giant Yadana gas field that activists say is a major source of revenue for the junta.

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Tenants of a high-end office block in Yangon that the United Nations said was built on military-owned land have moved out or are reviewing their leases.

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