Burma Stories by Buffalohair

16 slaughtered Shan Villagers. Victims of Than Shwes corporate funded genocide. By supporting the companies listed here, you are sponsoring death.

From the folks at Burma Campaign UK comes a list of businesses from around the world who are working with the Dictator Than Shwe of Burma. In essence these companies are supporting genocide as the Burmese government murders and silence everyone who stands in the way of &ldquorogress”. The list of human rights violations staggers the imagination for the cruelty and barbarism this nation has bestowed on innocent people. The blatant disregard for human life was all too apparent after Cyclone Nargis as hundreds of thousands of people died and others were forced to live in squalor.

Humanitarians who volunteered to bury the dead were placed in prisons others who assisted their people were tossed in jail as well. Tortured in Burma’s chamber of horrors has become a staple for those who offered to help. We can’t forget the volenteers from around the world who were beaten by soliders. The survivors of Nargis were ear market for death but many still survived living on fetid water and rancid rotting animals. Human remains still decorate the Burmese landscape as bones of the victims of Nargis are discovered.

Daring to speak out for freedom and democracy thousands of Burmese citizens are being gathered in secrecy and placed in prisons across Burma. Known celebrities of all kinds are being placed in prisons deep in Burma’s jungles so no on can hear their screams and brutal torture. The blood of a nation in peril is on the hands of the companies listed below for they are part and parcel partners in crime and genocide. It is suggested we write the companies who reside with the countries we live in and let them know you are aware of their participation in death. 

Silent victims of a ruthless regime financed by free world industries. Are we enablers to genocide?

I believe we-the-people of the world have the power to defeat all adversaries to humanity since we have the power. No matter how big a corporation is, since it’s all about the money, they have an Achilles Tendon. With all the power and corrupt influence these corporations have around the world they are powerless if we stop buying their goods. By hunkering down and simply stop buying their stuff we will have torpedoed them right where it hurts, their cash flow. I’ve noticed companies on this list who are also involved in South American and Africa with similar results. Human beings suffer in the path of so called progress as country after country is stripped of their natural resources, all for the corporate bottom dollar. It’s called Globalization and Burma is a victim of greed as corporations vey to glean a handsome profit by working with Than Shwe.

We should not buy from these firms in any event since all their wares are tainted with bad medicine anyway. Something made from slave labor, like in the case of China, is cursed and would only bring sorrow. Same holds true for goods stolen from the Burmese people by thugs like Than Shwe and these companies who work with the Devil. US shelves are littered with products made by slaves and sorrow. It’s a small wonder economies of the world are going under, we cursed ourselves with these tainted products. Made in China should read, Made by Human Suffering for their lucrative Gulag industry. And to think we looked to China for stabilization of the region. It’s not surprising to find China with the most investments in Burma.

Here is a sampleing of companies from around the world who are in partnership with death and human suffering. The list is a long one and very shocking to note all the nations involved. Switzerland, Denmark and the USA are sad examples of the investors in tyranny.

Link to complete list and it’s a shocker who all is involved;

http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/dirty_list/dirty_list_details.html

Chevron 

Since its 2005 takeover of Unocal, US oil giant Chevron has been one of the joint venture partners developing the Yadana offshore gas field in Burma, which earns the military regime millions of dollars. Chevron also owns Texaco.

David J. O’Reilly
Chevron
6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.
San Ramon
CA 94583
USA
Email: comment@chevron.com

Toyota
Toyota is the world’s biggest car manufacturer. One of Toyota’s subsidiaries, Toyota Tsusho, is in Business with Suzuki and Myanmar Automobile & Diesel Engine Industries (MADI). MADI is controlled by the military regime. Vehicles from this joint venture are used by the Burmese military.

Graham Smith
Toyota
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Avenue Du Bourget 60
Borgetlaan 60 B-1140 Brussels
Belgium

Toyota
Mr Kiyoshi Tojo
Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation - Europe Division
Toyota City,1 Toyota-Cho
Toyota,Aichi 471-8571
Japan.

Toyota (G PLC
The Chief Executive
Toyota (G PLC
PO Box 814
Portsmouth
PO6 9AY 

Daewoo International
Daewoo is a South Korean conglomerate with interests ranging from oil and gas, to grain, televisions and cars. It is a partner in the Bay of Bengal gas exploration project in Burma which could earn the regime hundreds of millions of dollars. Daewoo has stated that it expects to earn $10 billion in profit from the Shwe gas project in Burma. It is estimated that this project will earn the regime between $12 and $17 billion over the course of the contract . Daewoo Motors also has a car assembly plant which is a joint venture with Myanmar Automobile and Diesel Industries (MADI). MADI is owned and controlled by the regime. In addition, Daewoo supplies IT services to the regime, and has timber manufacturing and clothing interests in Burma.

Managing Director
Daewoo International
Lee Tae-Yong, Chief Executive Officer
541 5-Ga Namdaemunno,
Chung Gu, C.P.O Box 2810 Seoul
Korea
Fax: 00 8227539489

Daewoo International London Branch Office
Managing Director
Daewoo International London Branch Office
Missing Link House,3 Eastbury Road
Northwood
Middlesex HA6 3AB
UK
Fax: 00 441923 833 487
E-mail: iplee@daewoo.co.uk 

Hannover Re 

Hannover Re describes itself as “one of the leading reinsurance groups in the world.” Its website states that it is represented in the Burmese market by its Malaysian subsidiary. Insurance and reinsurance is vital to the Burmese regime, find out more in our report Insuring Repression.

The Chief Executive
Hannover Re
Hannover Re, P.O. Box 61 03 69
30603
Hannover
Germany
Fax: +49 / 5 11 / 56 04 - 11 88
E-mail: info@hannover-re.com

Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi describes itself as “Japan’s largest general trading company”. The company maintains an office in Rangoon, where it facilitates the distribution and sale of numerous products and services including petroleum, steel and textile products. Historically, Mitsubishi has invested US $70 million in the Yetagun gas project; Nippon Oil is also a Mitsubishi Company. Mitsubishi also carries out work for the Myanmar Port Aut

Mitsubishi also carries out work for the Myanmar Port Authority, supplying cranes and dredgers – by increasing the capacity of Rangoon Port the company is enabling the regime to increase the profits it makes from trade.

The Chief Executive
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Shoji Building
Marunouchi 2-Chome,Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8086
Japan
Fax: +44 (0)20 7025 3499

Mitsubishi Corporation (UK Office)
The Chief Executive
Mitsubishi Corporation (UK Office)
Mid City Place
71 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BA
UK

Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s of London. Lloyd’s, located at the heart of the City of London, describes itself as, “the world’s leading, specialist insurance market.” According to the Burmese Ministry of Finance and Revenue, Lloyd’s provides reinsurance to Myanma Insurance. Lloyd’s syndicates (Lloyd’s terminology for their member companies that sell insurance) have also sold insurance to a regime owned airline. Lloyd’s admitted in April 2008 that some shipping and aviation reinsurance for companies in Burma goes through Lloyd’s. As a consequence of the actions of their syndicates Lloyd’s were placed on our “2005 Dirty List”. Later that year Lloyd’s stated that they were not able to compel their members to end their involvement in Burma and claimed that it would be “against competition law for members to collectively decide not to operate in Burma”. Pending investigations of these claims Lloyd’s were removed from the Dirty List. Our investigations failed to identify any UK law or act to substantiate Lloyd’s’ claims. Lloyd’s conceded in July 2008 that “Competition Law is not relevant in this case”. When asked to make a statement to their syndicates alerting them to the human rights concerns associated with selling insurance to companies in Burma Lloyd’s refused, instead issuing the following statement on July 23rd 2008: “Unless there are official UN sanctions in place, Lloyd’s does not instruct the market where it can and cannot write business. Competition Law is not relevant in this case. However, we do not make public comments on the politics or economic policies of national or international bodies.”

Lord Levene, Chairman of Lloyd’s
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s
One Lime Street
London EC3M 7HA
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7327 1000
Email: peter.levene@lloyds.com, enquiries@lloyds.com, louise.shield@lloyds.com

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Buffalohair