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13 Aug 2013

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BBC News

Call for Arsenal 'association' with Vietnam firm HAGL to end (Cambodia & Laos)

Arsenal fans have been campaigning to get the club to end its association with a Vietnamese rubber firm which has been accused of human rights abuses...Global Witness said HAGL had been allocated hectares for rubber plantations in Cambodia and Laos. Residents had been evicted and offered inadequate or no compensation...Arsenal said: "We have no formal...partnership with HAGL, they were not sponsors of our recent game in Hanoi and they have no rights to use our name for retail purposes...We are aware of the allegations...We take them seriously and have discussed them with HAGL and Global Witness"...[HAGL] said: "HAGL denies involvement in land grabbing, illegal logging or other corrupt activities in Laos and Cambodia. "We contribute to the development of the local economy by paying necessary taxes to the provincial government, creating jobs for tens of thousands of local residents, and contributing to local communities."