Controversial security firm moving into Myanmar

Sub-title: 

Blackwater founder Eric Prince’s Frontier Service Group continues to expand in Asia

Description: 

"The Frontier Service Group (FSG), founded by former US military contractor Eric Prince, is moving into Myanmar to provide security services for Chinese and other foreign investors, the Myanmar Times reported on March 19. FSG, a Hong Kong-registered company, has established a joint-venture security company in Myanmar called FSG (Myanmar) Security Services Co Ltd and is advertising for 30 security personnel in Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Times, the company profile lists Daw Sandar Win (Myanmar), Zhang Huagang (China), Tan Qing (China) and U Si Thu (Myanmar) as directors. Prince is also the founder of the defunct military contract company Blackwater, which, the Myanmar Times says, “was condemned internationally after its employees allegedly opened fire on a Baghdad street in 2007, killing at least 14 civilians.” The Myanmar Times quoted Doi Ra, a local Kachin NGO worker, as saying that “we need to know the details of FSG’s operations in Myanmar … the current information is almost non-existent.” Doi Ra said civil society organizations were concerned that the company would be used to provide security for large-scale infrastructure projects such as the controversial Myitsone hydro-electric dam project in northern Myanmar..."

Creator/author: 

Bertil Lintner

Source/publisher: 

"Asia Times" (Hong Kong)

Date of Publication: 

2019-03-19

Date of entry: 

2019-11-19

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar, China, ASEAN

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good