Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited M1 Group to respond to an article by Reuters alleging that “…M1 had held talks with Shwe Byain Phyu about a partnership... [and] made a joint proposal to take over the Telenor unit that was accepted by the junta leadership...”.

The article also alleges that "...Shwe Byain Phyu would be the majority shareholder... [and] the chairman has a stake in the military-owned telco Mytel...[This] deepens the risk to Myanmar people, whose personal data is exposed through the sale...".

M1 Group did not respond.