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Article

12 Jun 2006

Author:
CNN

Amnesty slams China military sales

Amnesty International said...China had shipped hundreds of military trucks to Sudan and Myanmar's military, and rifles and grenades to Nepal's security forces...[in] Sudan…large-scale violence in the Darfur region has claimed at least 180,000 lives and forced more than 2 million people from their homes...The trucks were exported by Hubei Dong Feng Motor Industry Import and Export Co., a [Chinese] company...The report also expressed concern that an American company might be involved...the model of military trucks exported to Sudan were likely fitted with engines manufactured by Cummins Inc., a Columbus, Indiana-based maker of diesel engines with several ventures in China...Cummins was unaware that its engines would be installed in vehicles to be sold to Sudan for military use, the company's president of engine business, Jim Kelly, said...