Bombs made with Chinese support are "widely used by the Myanmar Air Force in indiscriminate attacks on civilians," according to a new report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M), an independent group founded by three UN officials and comprised of international experts.

The report Factory of Death: China's Support for the Myanmar Military's Production of Aerial Bombs focuses on the links between the state-owned China South Industries Corporation, also known as China South, and weapons factory DI 21 in Magway, central Myanmar. The researchers used publicly available information, testimonials, official documents, expert estimates and other sources of information to compile the document.

China South and its subsidiary Hunan Vanguard have been "essential to establishing the majority of the factory's current production lines," according to SAC-M findings.

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This includes sending Chinese engineers across the border, training DI 21 staff in China, as well as supplying key components for the bombs. According to the report, the Chinese company still provides remote technical assistance to the production site in Myanmar.

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