Irrawaddy-March 27
India’s air force and state-invested companies are being urged to stop supplying Myanmar’s military with the fuel, equipment and technical assistance it needs to more effectively commit atrocities and war crimes. “The Indian government and its PSUs must stop equipping the Myanmar military with weapons and related materials, which enable its nationwide war of terror,” advocacy group Justice For Myanmar said. PSUs are public sector undertakings, or state-invested companies. “The fact that a large majority of the identified Indian companies supplying arms and equipment to the junta are public sector undertakings further demonstrates the Indian government’s complicity in the Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes,” Justice For Myanmar said. “By providing equipment to the Myanmar military, India is directly supporting the junta’s ongoing attacks against civilians and is therefore complicit in its international crimes,” the advocacy group noted. India is one of the junta’s largest arms suppliers, along with Russia and China, as well as one of its few allies. Justice For Myanmar appealed for India to stop aiding the junta after its latest investigation found that India continues to equip the junta’s air force and navy as the junta’s war of terror against the people of Myanmar expands. As the junta loses control of more territory, its air force and navy are being used to commit more war crimes in areas it cannot easily reach by ground. “The junta relies on its air force in particular to wage indiscriminate airstrikes across Myanmar, murdering civilians, including children, and destroying homes, livelihoods, schools and hospitals,” Justice For Myanmar explained. Justice For Myanmar’s investigation was based on publicly available information, including Indian trade data, corporate disclosures and parliamentary reports. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/india-urged-to-stop-embracing-war-criminals-in-myanmar.html
