Open Letter to Government of Singapore
To block the Myanmar junta’s access to funds, arms, equipment, and jet fuel
From the People of Myanmar, local and international organizations

To

Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Re:  to block the Myanmar junta’s access to funds, arms, equipment and jet fuel.

29 October 2023

Dear Government of Singapore, 

The signatories of people of Myanmar^[1], signed by over 27,700 (included from ground 1,314) individuals and endorsed by (431) local and international organizations from across the world, are writing to the government of Singapore.

The brutal and illegal Myanmar military junta has been relying on Singapore for funds and the supply of arms, equipment, technology, and jet fuel, enabling its ongoing attacks against the people.

Since February 1, 2021, the junta has been waging a campaign of terror with indiscriminate airstrikes and shelling, murder, torture, arbitrary detention, rape and the destruction of homes and food supplies.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar recently revealed^[2] that Singapore is the third biggest supplier of arms and equipment^[3] to the Myanmar military since its coup attempt, in a trade valued at $254 million from at least 138 Singaporean companies.

Singapore also remains a major business center for the military’s cronies. Some, like Tay Za^[4] and Naing Htut Aung^[5], enjoy lavish lifestyles in the city state while profiting from the destruction of Myanmar lives.

Despite UK and US sanctions, Shoon Group of Companies are continuing to operate in Singapore, supplying the junta with jet fuel^[6] that it needs to wage aerial warfare against the people.

It is clear that from Singapore, businesses are transacting with the Myanmar military and conglomerates, enriching war criminals and supporting their international crimes^[7]. But this can and must be stopped.

Singapore has committed to investigate companies supplying arms and dual use goods, and United Overseas Bank (UOB) has recently imposed restrictions^[8] on transactions involving Myanmar. Singapore needs to now do more to help stop the junta’s campaign of terror.

We call on Singapore to:

• Introduce sanctions to stop the direct and indirect transfer of arms, dual-use goods, technology, jet fuel, and related transactions, to the Myanmar military,
• Utilise money laundering provisions and impose sanctions to ensure the illegal junta cannot access the Singapore financial system, including the USD 4.6 billion of funds that belong to the Government of Myanmar,
• Expedite and make public ongoing investigations into Singaporean companies that have supplied arms, dual-use goods and technology to the Myanmar military.

#DoMoreSingapore

Respectfully,

Signed by the people of Myanmar, (431 orgs) local and international organizations, including (10) local organizations that have chosen not to disclose their names because the junta continues violence in Myanmar.

Endorsed Organizations Worldwide!

Australia

1. Action Against Myanmar Military Coup (Sydney)
2. All Burma Student Democratic Front – Australia Branch
3. All Young Burmese League (AYBL)
4. Anti-Myanmar Dictatorship Movement
5. Anti-Myanmar Military Dictatorship Network (AMMDN)
6. Australia Burma Friendship Association, Northern Territory
7. Australia Karen Organization WA Inc.
8. Australia Myanmar Doctors, Nurses and Friends
9. Australia Myanmar Youth Alliance (AMYA)
10. Australian Burmese Muslim Organisation
11. Australian Chin Community (Eastern Melbourne Inc)
12. Australian Karen Organisation (AKO)
13. Australian Karen Organisation, Inc. NSW Branch
14. Bamar Community Tasmania
15. BMT counselling
16. Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC)
17. Burmese Community – South Australia
18. Burmese Community Development Collaboration (BCDC)
19. Burmese Community Support Group (BCSG)
20. Burmese Friendship Association
21. Burmese Medical Association Australia (BMAA)
22. Canberra Karen Association
23. Chin Community – South Australia
24. Chin Community of Western Australia Inc.
25. Chin Community Tasmania
26. Chin Youth Organization
27. CRPH/NUG support group Australia
28. Democracy for Burma
29. Falam Community – South Australia
30. Industrial Training Centre (ITC) Family Sydney
31. International Karen Organisation
32. Joint Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (JACDB)
33. Justice 4 Myanmar – Hope & Development
34. Kachin Association of Australia WA Inc.
35. Karen Community – South Australia
36. Karenni Community of Western Australia Inc.
37. Karenni Federation of Australia
38. Kayin Community Tasmania
39. Matu Chin Community – South Australia
40. Mindat Chin Community NSW
41. Mindat Community – South Australia
42. Mizo Community – South Australia
43. Mon Families Group
44. Mon National Council (MNC)
45. Myanmar Buddhist Community of South Australia
46. Myanmar Campaign Network
47. Myanmar Community Coffs Harbour (MCC)
48. Myanmar Democracy and Peace Committee (Australia)
49. Myanmar Democratic Movement (MDM)
50. Myanmar Engineering Association of Australia (MEAA)
51. Myanmar People Residing in Canberra
52. Myanmar Students’ Association Australia (MSAA)
53. NLD Solidarity Association (Australia)
54. NSW Karenni (Kayah) Communities
55. Patriotic War Vetrans of Burma (PWVB)
56. Perth Myanmar Youth Network
57. Pyit Taing Htaung Social Club
58. Queensland Kachin Community (QKC)
59. Queensland Myanmar Youth Collective (QMYC)
60. Queensland Rohingya Community
61. Red Campaign Nirvana Exhortation Group
62. Remonya Association of WA (Mon Community)
63. Shwe Youth Democratic Alliance (SYDA)
64. Southcare Medical Centre
65. Support for Myanmar
66. Sydney Friends for Myanmar Unity
67. The Institution of Professional Engineers Myanmar (IPEM)
68. United Myanmar Community of South Australia
69. Victorian Burmese Care Community (VBCC)
70. Victorian Myanmar Youth (VMY)
71. We Pledge CDM (Australia)
72. Western Australia Myanmar Community (WAMC)
73. Western Australia Myanmar Democratic Network (WAMDN)
74. Women Activists Myanmar (WAM)
75. Yadanar Foundation
76. Youth Heart Beams
77. Zo Community – South Australia
78. Zomi Association Australia Inc.
79. Zomi Community – South Australia
80. Zomi Community Queensland

Canada

1. Arakan Watch
2. Burmese Canadian Network (BCN), Myanmar Emergency Fund
3. Myanmar Student Association Ontario

Czech Republic 

1. Educational Initiatives Prague

Denmark 

1. Myanmar Action Group Denmark

Finland

1. Finland Myanmar Society Ry
2. Padauk, Suomi-Myanmar Seura and Myanmar Diaspora Group Finland

France

1. Doh Atu – Ensemble pour le Myanmar
2. Info Birmanie
3. La Communauté Birmane de France

Germany

1. CRPH, NUG Support Team Germany – Deutschland

GLOBAL

2. Democracy Against Dictatorships – MILK TEA ALLIANCE (ASEAN)
3. Global Myanmar Spring Revolution (Global)
4. International Campaign for the Rohingya
5. International Karen Organisation
6. International Society of Myanmar Scholars and Professionals
7. Myanmar Global Support Foundation (MGSF)

Ireland 

1. Ah Nah Podcast – conversations with Myanmar
2. Burma Action Ireland
3. CRPH & NUG Supporters Ireland
4. CRPH Funding Ireland

Italy

1. Italy – Burma Friendship Association
2. Myanmar Community in Italy

Japan

1. Association of United Nationality in Japan (AUN)
2. Burma Refugee Saving Association (B.R.S.A)
3. Chin Community of Japan (CCJ)
4. Chin Youth Organization of Japan (CYO-JP)
5. Colorful Spring (ရောင်စုံနွေဦး)
6. Dawei Youths in Japan (DYJ)
7. Dragon Dawn
8. Federation of Worker’s Union of Burmese Citizens in Japan (FWUBC)
9. GenY For Revolution Japan
10. Global Myanmar Spring Revolution – Japan
11. Hope For Youth -Kyushu Japan
12. International Society of Myanmar Scholars and Professionals (Japan)
13. Japan Myanmar Future Creative Association (JMFCA)
14. Japan Myanmar Help Network – JMHN
15. Kachin Affairs Organizintion -Japan (KAO (Japan)
16. Kansai Group Japan
17. Karen National League Japan-KNL
18. Karenni National Society (KNS)Japan
19. KnowUsMoreMyanmar (KUM)
20. Kobe Myanmar Community (KMC)
21. League For Democracy in Burma (L.D.B Japan)
22. Mon Youth For Federal Democracy (MYFD)
23. Myanmar Development Support Group (MDSG)
24. Myanmar Nationalities’ Support Organization – JP (MNSO)
25. Myanmar Spring Revolution Japan (MSRJ)
26. Myanmar Tozan Club (MTC)
27. Myanmar Youth and Student Association, Japan (MYSA)
28. Myanmar’s Youth Association Hokkaido (MYAH)
29. Okinawa Myanmar Association (OMA)
30. Palaung National Society Japan, PNS-Japan
31. Palaw Supporting Group – Japan
32. People’s Hope Spring Revolution (PHSR)
33. Punnyakari Mon National Society Japan
34. Revolution Tokyo Myanmar (RTM)
35. Shan Community in Japan (SCJ)
36. ShizuYouth For Myanmar
37. Sone See Yar (Volunteer Group)
38. Spring Revolution Restaurant ( SRR )
39. Tai Youths Network Japan (TYNJ)
40. Try Together At Japan (TTAJ)
41. Union of Myanmar Citizen Association – Japan
42. Voice For Justice
43. We Are One Saga MOSA
44. We for All
45. We Support
46. Yaw Funding Japan
47. Yokohama Pamphlet Campaign – Myanmar
48. ဂျပန်ပြည်မှတွဲလက်များ

Korea

1. Global Myanmar Spring Revolution (Korea)
2. Yaw Funding Korea

Malaysia

1. Coalition of Rohingya Organisations in Malaysia (CROM)
2. Palaw Supporting Group – Malaysia
3. Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committed (RARC), Malaysia
4. Yaw Funding Malaysia

Myanmar

1. 5/ of Zaya State Strike
2. 88 Generation Peace and Open Society
3. Action Committee for Democracy Development (ACDD)
4. Action Committee of Basic Education Students (ACBES)
5. All Aung Myay Thar San Schools Strike Force
6. All Burma Democratic Face
7. All Burma Federation of Student Unions (Monywa District)
8. Alliance of Students’ Union – Yangon (ASU-Yangon)
9. Anti-Coup Forces Coordination Committee (ACFCC -Mandalay)
10. Anti-Junta Alliance Yangon-AJAY
11. ANTS Fundraising Team
12. Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters
13. Athan – Freedom of Expression Activist Organization
14. A-Yar-Taw People Strike
15. Basic Education Branch High School (Maharaungmyay) Students’ Union
16. Basic Education General Strike Committee (BEGSC)
17. Basic Education Students and Youth Association -BESYA Central
18. Basic Education Worker Unions – Steering Committee (BEWU-SC)
19. Blood Money Campaign
20. Boycott Military’s Pocket
21. Burma Human Right Network (BHRN)
22. Burma Refugee Saving Association (B.R.S.A)
23. CDM Medical Network (CDMMN)
24. Chanmyatharzi Township People’s Strike
25. Chaung Oo Township Youth Strike Committee
26. Chindwin (West) Villages Women Strike
27. Civil Information Network (CIN)
28. Civil Society Organizations Coordination Committee (Monywa)
29. Coalition Strike Committee – Dawei
30. Co-operative University Mandalay Students’ Strike
31. Daung Sitthe Strike
32. Dawei ( Ashaetaw) Women Strike
33. Dawei Youths Revolutionary Movement Strike Committee
34. Democracy Movement Strike Committee – (Dawei) DDMSC
35. Democracy, Peace and Women’s Organization
36. Democratic Youth Council -DYC
37. Depayin Township Revolution Steering Committee
38. Depayin Women Strike
39. Dhobama (2021 Generation)
40. Equality Myanmar
41. Ethnic Youth General Strike Committee (Mandalay)
42. Former Political Prisoners and New Generation Group – Monywa
43. Free Rohingya Coalition
44. Freedom and Labor Action Group
45. Future Light Center
46. Future Thanlwin
47. Gangaw Women Strike
48. General Strike Collaboration Committee (GSCC)
49. General Strike Committee of Basic and Higher Education (GSCBHE)
50. General Strike Committee of Nationalities (GSCN)
51. General Strike Coordination Body (GSCB)
52. Grass-root People
53. HTY Scout Channel
54. Human Rights Educators Network
55. Human Rights Foundation of Monland
56. Industries Strike
57. Information & Scout News (Hlaing)
58. Insein Scout Channel
59. Justice For Myanmar
60. Kachin State Civilian Movement-KSCM
61. Kachin Student Union
62. Kalay Township Strike Committee
63. Kalay Women Strike
64. Kamayut Scout Channel
65. Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
66. Karen Youth Network
67. K’cho Ethnic Association
68. Kyain Seikgyi Spring Revolution Leading Committee
69. Kyauktada Strike Committee(KSC)
70. Kyimyindaing Scout Channel
71. Lanmadaw,Latha & Pabedan Scout Channel
72. Latpadaung Region Strike Committee
73. Legal Aid for Human Rights
74. LGBT Alliance
75. LGBT Alliance Myanmar (Kalay Region)
76. LGBT Alliance Myanmar (Kyaukse Region)
77. LGBT Community Yangon
78. LGBT Union – Mandalay
79. Listen & Donate
80. Magway People’s Revolution Committee
81. Maharaungmyay Township People’s Strike
82. Mandalar University Students’ Strike
83. Mandalay Alliance Coalition Strike
84. Mandalay Medical Family (MFM)
85. Mandalay Strike Force (MSF)
86. Mandalay Women Strike
87. Mandalay Youth Strike
88. Mandalay-Based People’s Strike
89. Mandalay-Based University Students’ Unions (MDY_SUs)
90. Matu Burma Foundation
91. Mayangone News
92. MayMyo Strike Force
93. Minority Affairs Institute (MAI Myanmar)
94. Mon Youth For Federal Democracy (MYFD)
95. Monywa LGBT Strike
96. Monywa People’s Strike Steering Committee
97. Monywa Women Strike
98. Monywa-Amyint Road Strike Leading Committee
99. Monywa-Amyint Road Women Strike
100. Multi-Religions Strike
101. Mya Taung Strike
102. Myanmar Institute of Information Technology Students’ Strike
103. Myanmar Labor Alliance (MLA)
104. Myanmar Muslim Revolution Force-MMRF
105. Myanmar People Alliance (Shan State)
106. Myaung Youth Network
107. MyaYar Knowledge Tree
108. Myingyan Civillian Movement Committee
109. Nar Sin Say
110. Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma)
111. Network of University Student Unions – Monywa
112. 12 Basic Education Branch High School (Maharaungmyay) Students’ Union
113. NOK Information & Scout Echo
114. North Dagon & East Dagon News
115. OCTOPUS
116. Oway Institute (အိုးဝေ ပညာရေးအဖွဲ့)
117. Pale Township People’s Strike Steering Committee
118. Pa-O National Federal Council
119. People’s Hope Spring Revolution (PHSR)
120. Progressive Voice
121. Pyi Gyi Tagon Strike Force
122. Rangoon Scout Network -RSN
123. Representative Committee of University Teacher Associations (RC of UTAs)
124. Rohingya Youth Development Forum (RYDF)
125. Samgha Sammaga-Mandalay
126. Save and Care Organization for Ethnic Women at Border Areas
127. Seinpann Strike
128. Shwe Pan Kone People`s Strike Steering Committee
129. Sitt Nyein Pann Foundation
130. Sone See Yar (Volunteer Group)
131. South Dagon Scouting Infos (SDG)
132. Southern Dragon Myanmar
133. Spring Revolution Restaurant (SRR )
134. Student Union Representatives Committee-SURC
135. Tamwe Nway Oo Channel
136. Taze Strike Commitee
137. Taze Women Strike
138. Thaketa & Dawbon Scout Channel
139. Thakhin Kodaw Mhine Peace Network (Monywa)
140. Thayat Chaung Women Strike
141. The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (Myanmar)
142. The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (Monywa)
143. Townships Information Community – TIC
144. Twitter Team for Revolution (TTFR)
145. University Students’ Unions Alumni Force
146. Volunteers in Myanmar
147. Wetlet Revolution Leading Committee
148. Wetlet Twonship Women Strike
149. White Coat Society Yangon (WCSY)
150. Women Alliance Burma (WAB)
151. Yadanabon University Students’ Union (YDNBUSU)
152. Yangon Public Relations
153. Yangon Women Strike
154. Yasakyo Township People`s Strike Steering Committee
155. Yinmarpin and Salingyi All Villages Strike Committee
156. Youth for democratization of Myanmar (UDM)
157. Youth Scout For Democracy (YSD)
158. Z Fighter News

Netherlands

1. Netherlands Myanmar Solidarity Platform
2. Support Group for Democracy in Myanmar (Netherlands)

New Zealand

1. 8888 Generation (New Zealand)
2. All Burma Democratic Face in NewZealand
3. Auckland Kachin Community NZ
4. Auckland Zomi Community
5. Burmese Community Group (Manawatu, NZ)
6. Burmese Rohingya Welfare Organisation New Zealand
7. Chin Community of Auckland
8. Citizen of Burma Award -New Zealand
9. Dunedin Myanmar Community New Zealand
10. Federal Myanmar Benevolence Group (NZ)
11. Karenni Society New Zealand
12. Kayan International Network-New Zealand
13. Myanmar Community Christchurch New Zealand
14. Myanmar Engineers-New Zealand
15. Myanmar Gonye (New Zealand)
16. Myanmar Students’ Union in New Zealand
17. National Advocacy Group – New Zealand
18. Nelson Myanmar Community New Zealand
19. Netherlands Myanmar Solidarity Platform
20. New Zealand Doctors for NUG
21. New Zealand Karen Association
22. New Zealand Zo Community Inc.
23. Overseas Mon Association. New Zealand
24. Rvwang Community Association New Zealand
25. Save Myanmar Fundraising Group (New Zealand)
26. Shan Community (New Zealand)
27. Support Group for Democracy in Myanmar (Netherlands)
28. Wellington Chin Community ( New Zealand )
29. Wellington Karenni Community – New Zealand

Norway

1. Aung San Su Kyi Park, Norway
2. Chin Community in Norway
3. CRPH Support Group, Norway
4. Democratic Party for a New Society, Norway
5. Kachin Association Norway
6. Karenni Association – Norway
7. K’cho Ethnic Association
8. Matu Burma Foundation
9. Mon Association – Norway
10. Myanmar Baptist Churches in Norway
11. Myanmar Catholic Community In Norway
12. Myanmar Community in Norway
13. Myanmar Hindu Community – Norway
14. Myanmar Muslim Organization – Norway
15. NLD Organization Committee (International) Norway
16. Norway Falam Community
17. Norway Matu Community
18. Norway Rawang Community
19. Rohingya Community in Norway
20. Youth for Democratization of Myanmar (UDM)
21. Zomi Christian Fellowship of Norway
22. Zomi Community Norway

Switzerland

1. Association Suisse-Birmanie
2. International Association, Myanmar-Switzerland (IAMS)

Thailand

1. Community Resources Centre Foundation
2. Dream Hope Goals (DHG)
3. ETOs Watch Coalition
4. Friends Against Dictatorship (FAD)
5. Karen Charity And Social Group
6. Karen Women’s Group
7. National Alliance Bangkok
8. New Power Generation
9. No Boundary Supporting Group
10. Palaw Supporting Group – Thailand
11. Supporting Brothers
12. Thailand For Burma
13. The Mekong Butterfly
14. Yaw Funding Thailand
15. တွဲလက်ညီထောက်ပို့
16. နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေးထောက်ပို့အဖွဲ့
17. မဟာမြေပြင်ထောက်ပို့ရေးအဖွဲ့
18. မေတ္တာညီအစ်ကိုပရဟိတအသင်း
19. ရောင်နီသစ်စီတက်လှမ်းချီ
20. လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုကူညီထောက်ပံ့ရေးအသင်း
21. အနာဂတ်အလင်းရောင်ပရဟိတအသင်း
22. အမှောင်ကိုခွင်းအလင်းရောင်ရှိ

United Kingdom

1. Burma Campaign UK
2. With Myanmar UK

United States of America 

1. Alliance for Democracy in Myanmar (ADM)
2. Anti Dictatorship in Burma – DC Metropolitan Area ( ADB – DCMA )
3. Austin Myanmar Community
4. Boston Free Burma
5. Burmese American Democratic Alliance
6. Burmese American Women Alliance
7. Campaign for a New Myanmar
8. Chin Community San Francisco Bay Area
9. EarthRights International
10. Help Myanmar
11. Helping Hands for Burma (H2B) USACM
12. International Campaign for the Rohingya
13. Kachin Culture and Literature Association
14. Los Angeles Myanmar Movement (LA2M)
15. Multi-Ethnic Community
16. Myanmar Diaspora for Democracy (MD4D)
17. Myanmar Student Union Skyline College (ABFSU)
18. New York City Burmese Community (NYCBC)
19. No Business With Genocide
20. Save Myanmar (USA)
21. Save Myanmar San Francisco
22. Sone Yay Foundation
23. S. Campaign for Burma
24. US Advocacy Coalition for Myanmar- USACM
25. We Support NUG-NB

For more information, please contact: Blood Money Campaign Coalition:  [email protected] ­­

https://www.facebook.com/BloodMoneyCampaignMM

[1] https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/#DoMoreSingapore! Block the Myanmar junta’s access to funds, arms, equipment and jet fuel

[2] UN Special Rapporteur Billion Dollar Death

[3] Impact of arms shipped through Singapore on the people of Myanmar SRM_BDDT_IFG_Web (ohchr.org)

[4] Htoo Group’s business with the Myanmar military | Justice For Myanmar

[5] Military-linked companies procured USD millions in arms and military equipment | Justice For Myanmar

[6] Myanmar: Deadly Cargo: Exposing the supply chain that fuels war crimes in Myanmar – Amnesty International

[7] UN expert exposes $1 billion “death trade” to Myanmar military | OHCHR

[8] Key Singapore bank UOB moves to cut off Myanmar – Nikkei Asia

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