Chinese technology capable of mass surveillance 'installed' by Myanmar internet company funded by UK — Finance Uncovered 5/22/25, 11:56 AM As business boomed in the midst of what has developed into a vicious civil war, Frontiir even provided infrastructure for the department responsible for Myanmar’s state internet surveillance. In a cover letter[8] (also see the full document under this article) attached to the lawful interception proposal, a senior Frontiir manager wrote the company had installed fibreoptic cables for the building that houses the Information Technology and Cyber Security Department (ITCSD). “As an operational update, Frontiir's fibre connection has reached the NayPyiDaw S12 Exchange and work is proceeding,” said the November 2020 letter, which was addressed to the director general of the Directorate of Communications. FU understands the ITCSD continued to use Frontiir’s cables after the February 2021 military coup. Frontiir’s spokesperson did not respond to repeated questions about the fibre optic cables. Norfund, the IFU and BII said the company told them that Frontiir was required to lay the cables as part of its licence, but they were never used. The former head of the Post and Telecommunications Department and the current head of Myanmar’s cybersecurity team both denied any knowledge of Frontiir’s involvement. Myanmar Net connecting internet users - but at what cost? Sanctions loophole UK, Norwegian and EU sanctions explicitly forbid companies from those countries from providing Myanmar authorities with internet surveillance equipment or services, such as monitoring communications. But lawyers said loopholes in the sanctions regime mean these restrictions don’t extend to investors in companies from other parts of the world. So the UK’s $26 million equity stake in Frontiir, and the millions more invested by Norway and Denmark, don’t appear to violate the governments’ own sanctions. Pressed by reporters, spokespeople for the UK, Norwegian and Danish development funds https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/british-norwegian-and-danis…litary-run-myanmar-which-hosts-notorious-chinese-surveillance-system Page 8 of 12