Foreign firms face tough choices over Myanmar unrest

 "The message has never been to say that we should not be present in Myanmar, but to cut ties with the army," she told AFP.

In Myanmar since 1992, French giant Total has no intention of quitting, but insists that its local subsidiary "conducts its activities in a responsible manner, in respect of law and of universal human rights".

British tobacco giant BAT said that more 100,000 local jobs depended on its investment, operations and partnerships in Myanmar and it would stay, while prioritizing the security and well-being of its workers.

Japanese automaker Suzuki also halted operations at its two local plants shortly after the military coup. The factories assembled 13,300 vehicles in 2019, primarily for the domestic market.

But Suzuki, present in Myanmar since 1998, reopened the facilities again a few days later and intends to build a third production site in the country.

You'll notice that all these corporations pay a lot of lip service to protecting the "rights" of their employees. What they're really saying is that profits are a bigger concern than the lives of their employees.  Human rights mean nothing to them.