Activists say Indonesian state weapons makers supplying Myanmar
Myanmar
Human rights groups on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate suspected arms sales bystate-owned companies toMyanmar, where Indonesia has been trying to promote reconciliation since a 2021 military coup triggered widespread conflict.
Groups filed a complaint with Indonesia's national human rights commission on Monday alleging that threestate-owned armsmakershad been selling equipment toMyanmarsince the coup, according to Feri Amsari, a legal adviser to theactivists.
Myanmarhas been racked by violence since the military overthrew a government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi more than two years ago.
The group that drew up the complaint includes twoMyanmarorganisations, the Chin Human Rights Organisation andMyanmarAccountability Project, and Marzuki Darusman, a formerIndonesianattorney general and rights advocate.
They allege in their complaint thatIndonesianstatearms manufacturer PT Pindad,stateship maker PT PAL and aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia had supplied equipment toMyanmarvia aMyanmarcompany called True North, which they said was owned by the son of a minister in the military government.
PT Pindad and PT PAL did not immediately respond to a request for comment. PT Pindad's director told media earlier that it had not sold products toMyanmarsince 2016.
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PT Dirgantara Indonesia said it had never had a contract withMyanmaror related third party.
True North did not immediately respond to request for comment but an undated company profile seen by Reuters showed that it identified the threeIndonesianarms manufacturers as "strategic partners".
TheactivistssaidMyanmarhad bought various items from the companies, including pistols, assault rifles and combat vehicles.
As chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indonesia has been trying with few signs of success to engage with bothMyanmar's military and opposition in the hope of facilitating talks.
Indonesia voted in favour of a U.N. General Assembly Resolution calling "on all UN memberstates to prevent the flow of arms toMyanmar" after the coup.
A spokesperson for Indonesia's foreign ministry said it was studying the complaint. A defence ministry spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Darusman said the rights commission, known as Komnas HAM, was obliged to investigate given thatstate-owned firms are subject to government control and oversight.
The UN special rapporteur onMyanmarreported in May thatMyanmar's military had imported at least $1 billion worth of arms and related material since the coup, largely from Russia, China, Singapore, Thailand and India.
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