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Myanmar's military has given the go-ahead for a local company to own most of Norwegian telco<\/a> Telenor<\/a>'s operations in the country, under a deal to be finalised shortly, communications seen by Reuters show.
Civil rights groups said the deal could put the data of 18 million people within the junta's reach.
The new information reviewed by Reuters shows Shwe Byain Phyu will own 80% of the unit under a handover expected to be concluded within days. Lebanese investment group M1 will own the rest.
Shwe Byain Phyu's chairman, Thein Win Zaw, has a history of business ties to the military, including, most recently, as an investor in Mytel, an army-owned telco, undated corporate records seen by Reuters show. Reuters could not establish the size of the stake Thein Win Zaw held in Mytel and if he still holds it.
Kyaw Myo Aung, a representative of Shwe Byain Phyu, who said he was speaking on behalf of the directors and chairman, said the group was a \"family-owned private business\" with \"no links to the military or generals\".
In a brief phone conversation, he said Telenor had \"selected the company the most unrelated to the military\". Reuters was unable to ask Kyaw Myo Aung about whether the group would preserve the privacy of user data as part of any deal.
A spokeswoman for Telenor told Reuters by email that it had had no dialogue with Shwe Byain Phyu and its sale agreement was only with M1, which was \"the only party we have selected\".
M1 Group did not answer phone calls seeking comment and Myanmar's military did not respond to requests for comment about the deal.
Telenor sought to leave Myanmar after last year's military coup and the company told Reuters in September it was selling its operations to avoid European Union sanctions after \"continued pressure\" https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/norways-telenor-says-myanmar-unit-sale-came-after-juntas-pressure-surveillance-2021-09-15 from the junta to activate intercept surveillance technology.
Its departure has been mired in difficulty https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/exclusive-after-pressuring-telecom-firms-myanmars-junta-bans-executives-leaving-2021-07-05.
Military leaders late last year rejected its plan to sell its local operations to M1 for $105 million.
Instead, they wanted M1 to partner https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/exclusive-myanmar-junta-backs-telenor-unit-sale-after-buyer-m1-pairs-with-local-2022-01-21 with Shwe Byain Phyu, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
'UNACCEPTABLE CONSEQUENCES'<\/strong>
Some civil rights groups and two employees of Telenor Myanmar told Reuters the new deal with Shwe Byain Phyu must be stopped to protect Telenor's 18 million customers in the country.
One customer filed a complaint against Telenor, which is majority-owned by the Norwegian state, on Monday with Norway's data protection agency<\/a>.
The person, who requested anonymity from the agency when they made the complaint, citing safety concerns, said they were trying to stop a dangerous transfer of sensitive user data through the sale.
Norway's data protection agency told Reuters it had received the complaint and would examine it. The agency cannot block the sale but could fine Telenor if it finds the company has breached rules related to data protection.
Responding to the complaint filed with Norway's data protection agency, the Telenor spokeswoman said European Union data protection laws did not apply as Telenor headquarters \"does not exert any control on the handling of customer data by Telenor Myanmar\".
Two employees of Telenor Myanmar, who also asked not to be named, citing safety considerations, told Reuters this week that authorities had requested the call logs of people they had detained in connection with opposition to last February's coup when the military seized power and the last known location of people on the run.
They said Telenor had complied.
\"We're angry and scared,\" one of the employees said. \"We believe after the sale (Telenor) will give customers' data to the military.\"
Telenor's spokeswoman said it was not possible for Telenor to comment on directives from the military, due to risks to employees.
The spokeswoman said deleting customer data would be a breach of Telenor's telecoms licence in Myanmar and \"violating or not complying with local regulations under the existing legal framework would have severe and completely unacceptable consequences for our employees\".
A SERIES OF DICTATORS<\/strong>
In the months before last February's coup, telecom and internet service providers were secretly ordered to install intercept technology https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/myanmar-politics-surveillance-intercept-idCNL4N2MJ3KK that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, Reuters reported in May.
According to the communications seen by Reuters and two people briefed on the matter, the new deal will sell Telenor's Myanmar unit initially to Investcom Pte Ltd, a joint venture with 51% of shares owned by M1 and 49% by the local firm. Subsequently, 31% will be transferred to Shwe Byain Phyu while M1 will own the rest.
In an email on Tuesday the spokeswoman for Telenor said the company is awaiting regulatory approval for the sale of its unit and did not comment \"on speculation in the market\".
\"In the sales process, assessments of human rights, privacy and the safety of our employees have been key considerations,\" she said.
A series of military dictators ruled Myanmar from 1962 until 2011, when reforms began that authorities said were intended to usher in a transition to democracy, up-ended by last year's Feb.1 coup.
With its first company established in 1996, Shwe Byain Phyu was a petroleum importer and distributor with the military regime then in power as a client, before expanding into commodities trading and manufacturing, its website shows.
Chairman Thein Win Zaw was a director of Mahar Yoma Public Company, a consortium that had a stake in the military-owned https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/telenor-sale-myanmar-unit-stalls-junta-seeks-local-buyer-participation-sources-2021-11-09 telco Mytel, corporate records show, Reuters reported in November.
A day after Reuters' report was published, Thein Win Zaw stepped down as director of the firm, according to corporate records. Reuters could not determine the reason for his departure.
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缅甸Telenor公司准备控制单元后军事支持报价:来源
丹瑞Byain漂主席登赢得凿,军事有商业关系的历史,包括最近,作为投资者在Mytel army-owned电信,未标明日期的路透社看到的公司记录显示。路透无法建立股份的大小登赢得Zaw Mytel举行,如果他仍然拥有它。
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缅甸军方已经放行了当地一家公司拥有挪威电信 Telenor在中国的业务,在即将完成的交易,路透社看到的通信显示。
民权团体说,交易可能令军政府内的1800万人的数据。
路透阅读到的新信息显示丹瑞Byain漂将拥有80%的单位交接下预计将在几天内结束。黎巴嫩投资集团M1将自己的休息。
丹瑞Byain漂主席登赢得凿,军事有商业关系的历史,包括最近,作为投资者在Mytel army-owned电信,未标明日期的路透社看到的公司记录显示。路透无法建立股份的大小登赢得Zaw Mytel举行,如果他仍然拥有它。
觉Myo昂,丹瑞的代表Byain漂,谁说他是代表董事和主席表示,该集团是一个“家族式私营企业”与“没有军事或将军”的链接。
在一次简短的电话交谈,他说Telenor”选择了公司最与军事无关”。路透社无法询问觉Myo昂集团是否会保留用户数据的隐私作为交易的一部分。
Telenor的发言人通过电子邮件告诉路透社,没有对话,丹瑞Byain漂,出售协议只有M1,这是“我们唯一选择”。
M1组没有回答请求置评的电话和缅甸军方没有回复记者的置评请求。
Telenor试图离开缅甸去年军事政变后,该公司告诉路透社9月销售其操作,以避免欧盟制裁“持续压力”https://www.reuters.com/world/norways Telenor -说-缅甸-单元-销售-后- - - - - - -军人执政团-压力-监视- 2021 - 09 - 15的军政府激活拦截监视技术。
其离职已经深陷困难https://www.reuters.com/world/asia - pacific/exclusive -后- -电信-公司-缅甸军政府施压禁令——高管离开- 2021 - 07 - 05。
军事领导人去年拒绝了计划以1.05亿美元的价格出售其本地操作M1。
相反,他们希望M1伙伴https://www.reuters.com/business/media telecom/exclusive -缅甸军政府-背- telenor -单元-销售-后-买家- M1 -双-与-地方- 2022 - 01 - 21丹瑞Byain漂三位知情人士对路透表示。
“不可接受的后果”
一些民权组织和两个员工Telenor缅甸对路透表示,新处理丹瑞Byain漂必须停止保护Telenor在该国的1800万名客户。
一个客户投诉Telenor,由挪威政府控股,与挪威的周一数据保护机构。
从机构要求匿名的人,当他们抱怨,理由是出于安全考虑,说他们试图阻止危险的转移通过出售用户的敏感数据。
挪威的数据保护机构告诉路透收到投诉,并将检查它。该机构不能阻止出售但细Telenor如果发现公司已违反了有关数据保护的规定。
应对起诉书与挪威的数据保护机构,Telenor的发言人表示,欧盟数据保护法律不适用Telenor总部“不施加任何控制Telenor缅甸客户数据的处理”。
Telenor缅甸的两名员工,他们也要求匿名,援引安全考虑,本周对路透表示,当局已要求人们的通话记录,他们已经逮捕了在去年2月与反对政变军方夺权的时候最后已知位置的人。
他们说Telenor履行。
“我们愤怒和害怕,”一位员工说。“我们相信销售(Telenor)后会给客户的数据到军队。”
Telenor的发言人说,这是不可能的Telenor从军事评论指示,由于员工的风险。
发言人说删除客户数据将是一个违反Telenor的电信牌照在缅甸和“违反或不遵守当地法规,根据现有法律框架将对员工产生严重的和完全不可接受的后果”。
一系列的独裁者
在去年2月政变前的几个月,电信和互联网服务提供商https://www.reuters.com/article/myanmar-politics-surveillance-intercept-idCNL4N2MJ3KK被秘密命令安装拦截技术,允许军队窃听公民的通信,据路透社报道。
据路透社看到的通信和两个知情人士,新协议将出售Telenor的缅甸单位最初Investcom Pte Ltd, M1旗下的一个合资公司51%的股份和49%由当地公司。随后,31%将被转移到丹瑞Byain漂在M1将自己的休息。
Telenor的女发言人周二在一封电子邮件中表示,该公司正在等待监管部门批准出售其单位,没有评论“投机的市场”。
”在销售过程中,评估的人权、隐私和员工安全的关键因素,”她说。
一系列的军事独裁者统治缅甸从1962年直到2011年,当改革开始,当局说打算迎来一个向民主过渡,由去年的2月政变颠覆。
以其第一家公司成立于1996年,丹瑞Byain漂是军事政权的石油进口商和分销商在电力客户,开拓大宗商品交易和制造之前,其网站上所示。
主席登赢得Zaw Mahar山脉上市公司的董事,一个财团,缅甸军人政权https://www.reuters.com/world/asia pacific/telenor -销售-单元-摊位军政府寻求本地买家-参与源- 2021 - 11 - 09电信Mytel, 11月公司记录显示,据路透社报道。
一天后路透的报告发表后,登赢得Zaw辞去公司董事根据公司记录。路透社无法确定他的离职的原因。
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