Chinese technology capable of mass surveillance 'installed' by Myanmar internet company funded by UK — Finance Uncovered
5/22/25, 11:56 AM
Chinese technology capable of mass
surveillance 'installed' by Myanmar
internet company funded by UK
Authors
Caroline Henshaw
and
Aung Naing
Date
21 May 2025
Investigation
Exposing the business interests of
Myanmar military
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An internet service provider backed by European state development funds in military-run
Myanmar appears to have installed highly sophisticated Chinese technology that
information gathered by reporters indicates is being used for online surveillance.
An investigation by Finance Uncovered (FU) and Myanmar Now (MN) has collected
evidence from multiple sources indicating that Frontiir has installed equipment capable of
tracking people online, blocking websites and preventing people from using virtual private
networks (VPNs) which allow users to side-step censorship controls.
The equipment was developed by Geedge Networks, a controversial Chinese cybersecurity
company founded by the so-called father of China’s Great Firewall, Fang Binxing.
Our findings bring into focus decisions made by the governments of the UK, Norway and
Denmark to inject $40 million into Frontiir through their international development funds
in return for shares in the company.
https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/british-norwegian-and-danis…litary-run-myanmar-which-hosts-notorious-chinese-surveillance-system
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