A/HRC/42/CRP.3 No. Name of company 6 State-owned or private Country of export Description of military goods supplied Korea Mining State-owned Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Named by the UN Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1874 (2009) in relation to sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as being linked to importing materiel for the Myanmar Directorate for Defence Industries. 7 Bharat Dynamics Limited State-owned India Tatmadaw Navy procured 10 advanced light torpedo “Shyena” anti-submarine torpedoes, in a deal reportedly worth USD 38 million reportedly signed in March 2017.620 8 Hindustan Aeronautics State-owned Limited India Transferred second-hand HJT-16 Kiran-1 Trainer air craft to the Myanmar Air Force as aid in 2018.621 9 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd. State-owned Israel IAI agreed to provide four Super-Dvora Mk III fast attack craft to the Myanmar Navy. Two were delivered in April 2017.622 10 TAR Ideal Concepts Private Israel In October 2016, TAR Ideal Concepts, an Israeli military and police equipment and training company, posted photographs on its website of its personnel training the Tatmadaw Special Operations Taskforce.623 11 Armscor International Private Philippines In November 2018, it was reported that the Philippine-based company, Armscor International, has sold competition handguns to the Tatmadaw Shooting Team, and was exploring how to further penetrate the Myanmar defence market, noting that “there are a number of security agencies in Myanmar that are interested in new defence products.” 624 Further investigation is required. 620 621 622 623 624 SIPRI Database extract of transfers of major weapons: deals with deliveries or orders made for 2016 to 2018, SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. SIPRI Database extract of transfers of major weapons: deals with deliveries or orders made for 2016 to 2018, SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Andrew Selth, “Myanmar: pariah status no bar to defence modernisation,” The Lowy Institute (https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/myanmar-pariah-status-no-bar-defence-modernisation). Digital record 2185. “Filipino handguns triggering into Myanmar,” Southasian Monitor, 9 November 2018 (http://southasianmonitor.com/2018/11/09/filipino-handguns-triggering-into-myanmar/) 107

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