Myanmar clients sue Norway's Telenor for giving data to junta


OSLO: Myanmar customers of the Norwegian telecoms group Telenor have sued the company for sharing their sensitive personal data with the junta, in a civil class action lawsuit filed in Norway on Wednesday.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages, arguing the military used the information to identify, arrest and prosecute pro-democracy activists suspected of opposing the 2021 coup in Myanmar, which constituted "serious human rights violations", they said in a statement.

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