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NRK Wins Prize for Telenor Investigation

An NRK investigation traced what happened to Telenor’s customer records after Myanmar’s military coup. The reporting has put Norway’s role as a shareholder under scrutiny.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 12

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Norway’s Ministry of Culture and Equality presented the award in Oslo on November 12. Eight reporters from NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, used thousands of internal documents and field reporting to trace what happened to Telenor’s customers in Myanmar after the military seized power on February 1, 2021. The Norwegian s…

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