Question: why Myanmar is selling natural gas and hydroelectric power?

Well, this has been an old question - why Myanmar, among Asia's poorest nations, is selling natural gas to Thailand and exporting hydroelectric power to China while its own people live in darkness?

Myanmar has abundant energy resources, yet 74 percent of its 60 million people have no access to electricity, giving it one of the lowest domestic energy consumption rates in the region, according to a recent report by the Asian Development Bank.

And natural gas is the major export item to Thailand, which relies on Myanmar for 30 % of its energy consumption.