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13 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Myanmar: Facial Recognition System Threatens Rights

@hrw describes Myanmar “Safe City” initiative with surveillance cameras from Huawei & risks to activists and protesters

In 2017 Agent Vi (Erik Prince is an investor) announced deal w/Huawei Safe City

hrw.org/news/2021/03/1…
In 2017 Agent Video Intelligence announced partnership w/Huawei on Safe City project to provide a video cloud solution

Erik Prince & several of his associates invested in Agent Vi, including Colibri Technologies, part owner in a new Erik Prince business

Colibri Technologies - an investor in Agent Vi w/Erik Prince, Dorian Barak & others - is also an investor in Eitanium Ltd (found by @ktskts11) where Erik Prince is a director along with several directors linked to surveillance firms Circles & NSO group

Erik Prince is often involved in business deals to provide 'logistics' and security and surveillance technology - used in some of the most unstable locations and by many oppressive regimes

His company Frontier Services Group has been active in Myanmar

With recent coup in Myanmar & years of genocide against Rohingya it's important to look at economic factors

A China-led consortium has billions in oil/gas projects In Rakhine region - lead investor Citic Group is the majority owner of Erik Prince's FSG

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An associate of Erik Prince in Blackwater Ammunition, James Fenech, who was charged w/violating EU Libya sanctions, was involved in Maltese construction project bid with Turkish partners with numerous ties to Libya

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