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Article

19 Jun 2006

Author:
Netwerk Vlaanderen

No party time for Burmese democrats - Action at Belgian banks against investments in Burma

...[The party of] the Burmese Nobel Prize winner San Suu Kyi..., the National League for Democracy, asks the Belgian banks not to invest in companies with important activities in Burma. The leader of the Burmese democrats calls for an economic boycott...The financial groups AXA, Dexia, KBC, Fortis and ING are not willing to give up these investments...a delegation of Burmese democrats, human rights activists, actors and a filmcrew...visited the headquarters of ING, Fortis, KBC and Dexia. The activists asked the spokespersons of the banks for their message to San Suu Kyi and read them a statement against investments in Burma, signed by a broad range of international organisations.