Myanmar fuel imports plunge as protests disrupt trade

Yangon

MYANMAR'S fuel importers have switched to other forms of payment, such as telegraphic transfers, after protests against a military coup disrupted trade, driving February imports to their lowest in more than three years, industry sources said.

A civil-disobedience movement has crippled government business, unleashing strikes at banks, factories and shops since the army ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in a coup on Feb. 1.