An Indian technology company co-founded by Rishi Sunak’s billionaire father-in-law is under fire for maintaining business ties with Burma’s generals after they overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup.
Infosys provides software services to a Burmese bank owned by a military conglomerate controlled by General Min Aung Hlaing, the coup leader who previously oversaw the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.
Myawaddy Bank is part of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL), a military-run business empire implicated by the UN in genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Two generals are company directors.
EdgeVerve Systems, a fully owned subsidiary of Infosys, started to provide digital services for the bank in 2018, a few months after the armed forces launched their offensive against the Rohingya.
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