Myanmar’s Junta Is Pursuing Biometric Surveillance – and So Was Its Democratic Predecessor

Myanmar’s junta government is working on deploying China-made biometric surveillance systems in multiple cities, according to a new Reuters report.

Citing multiple anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters asserts that government authorities have awarded contracts to local procurement companies Fisca Security & Communication and Naung Yoe Technologies Co., which in turn are sourcing surveillance technologies from China’s Zhejiang Dahua Technology, Huawei, and Hikvision.