inclusion According to the human rights related Authority Request Disclosure Report 2020 Telenor received 70 requests of which 86 were received from the Post and Telecommunication Department of the MoTC Telenor s briefings indicate that the law enforcement authorities were the ones requesting the data Unfortunately however there is little additional transparency into this issue as no other ISPs provided reports on these types of requests Given these troubling developments advocates have been urging the government to adopt a rights respecting Lawful Interception model to help maintain open access to the internet and ensure Myanmar does not become a surveillance state G e e d c e In an effort to uncover surveillance practices within Myanmar this research study sought out official government documents related to the issue Two key documents were discovered Mee i g m i ice a d affic da a The first leaked document provided below shows the MoTC called for a meeting on January 31 2019 to discuss the necessary technical aspects of the Provision for Monitoring of Voice and Data Traffic as part of the Lawful Interception System according to the Guidelines on Provision of International Gateway Services and Technical Specification and Quality of Service for International Gateway Service Companies invited to the meeting included Telenor Ooredoo MPT a state owned company MyTel a military owned company all companies licensed to provide network support services all companies that are licensed to operate international gateways and the applicants and all companies licensed for network services The meeting generally discussed the monitoring of voice and traffic data in the country Image 2 O de calli g f a mee i g di c he P i i fM i i g f V ice a d Da a T affic