Thailand’s central bank and anti-money laundering agency say they have found no evidence to support claims from a recent U.N. report that Thai banks have facilitated the acquisition of weapons by Myanmar’s military junta.
The report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), released in June, claimed that companies registered in Thailand had used Thai banks to transfer funds for the purchase of weapons and related military materials. Such purchases totaled nearly $130 million in the 2023 fiscal year, the report said, compared with $60 million
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