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In response to repeated calls for them to cut ties with the military regime in Myanmar, energy giants Total of France and Chevron of the US on Wednesday announced they have suspended some payments to their joint venture with a state-owned company controlled by the coup leaders.

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Oil and gas majors Total of France and Chevron of the U.S. announced on Tuesday that they will suspend some cash payments linked to Moattama Gas Transportation Company, a Myanmar gas pipeline joint venture between three foreign energy companies and state-owned energy producer Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise.

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The French energy company Total SA says its shareholders have voted to suspend payments of dividends to stakeholders in the joint venture company running a gas pipeline in Myanmar.

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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