Telenor is facing a class action lawsuit in Norway over the actions of its subsidiary in Myanmar .

The case alleges that Telenor Myanmar passed phone data of more than 1,200 people to the country's military junta following the 2021 coup.

The company, which is 54% owned by Norway's government, has since withdrawn from Myanmar as internal conflict intensified in the aftermath of the removal of a more civilian-led government under Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi that temporarily ruled the troubled the country.

In 2014, amid hopes for a new system of governance in the Myanmar, Telenor set up a subsidiary in the country Image: Khin Maung Win/AP Photo/picture alliance

What wrongdoing is Telenor accused of?

The class action lawsuit, filed by a Swedish non-profit called the Justice and Accountability Initiative, alleges that the company endangered customers by passing information on to the military government.

Among other things, it alleges that the data led to the 2022 execution of a prominent…