Yangon, 6 explosions against the military coup. The oil giant Total suspends financing

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May 27, 2021 They had warned the population of possible attacks against the military authorities: so a group that opposes the Burmese military junta would have carried out six explosions in Yangon. The news reported by the local media would attribute the authorship of the attacks to one of the groups that armed themselves against the military of the coup junta. A few hours earlier there had been an invitation to citizens to stay away from military installations or checkpoints and not to approach military personnel or targets.

The announcement was followed by at least six small explosions in Yangon, the former capital and most populous city, which allegedly caused at least one death. According to an eyewitness account at the Khit Thit Media portal, the military has isolated an area in the Thaketa district in southeast Yangon where a bomb allegedly killed a soldier.

The shareholders of a gas pipeline managed by Total in Burma, including a company directly controlled by the Burmese army, will no longer receive the financial payments of the French oil giant: this is what Total has announced, present in Myanmar since 1992, after the harsh controversies of recent times regarding the money paid to the Burmese junta responsible for the repression in the country. "Given the unstable context in Myanmar, following a joint proposal by Total and Chevron during the general meeting of Mgtc (Moattama Gas Transportation Company) on May 12, all distributions to the shareholders of this company are suspended", he said. Total in a note, specifying that among the shareholders there are the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (moge), controlled by the Burmese army.

"It is an immense humanitarian tragedy". Bombings, innocent civilians dead, entire families refugee, attacks on places of worship. "All this must stop. We beg you: do not intensify the war." Cardinal Charles Bo, archbishop of Yangon and president of the Burmese bishops, is launching an "urgent" appeal following the terrible attack on the Church of the Sacred Heart in Kayanthayar, Loikaw, on the night of 23 May which cost the life of 4 people and the wounding of more than 8 people.

"They were - writes the cardinal to what was reported by SIR - innocent civilians who had taken refuge in the Church to find refuge". In his appeal, the cardinal speaks of "violent night attacks, including bombings, with the use of heavy weapons" that terrorize people "mostly women and children" and force them to flee into the jungle. "Their fate is not known by the rest of the world. Food, medicine and hygiene are urgent needs but there is no way to reach them. There are many children and the elderly among them, forced to starve and without medical help. It is an immense tragedy. humanitarian ".