HRW, NGOs Call On Thai Firm To Back Off On Myanmar Oil Deals

By Nontarat Phaicharoen and Kunnawut Boonreak

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday joined a chorus of NGOs calling for Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas firm to not expand business ties with Myanmar’s junta while the Burmese military carries on with a bloody post-coup crackdown on protesters.

The Petroleum Authority of...