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Article

1 Jun 1999

Author:
Tom Kramer, Burma Centre Netherlands, in The Irrawaddy, Vol. 7, No. 5

Oil Companies Investing in Burma Under Fire in Europe

Representatives of the Mon Unity League and EarthRights International recently visited Europe to attend the shareholder meetings of Total, Premier Oil and IHC Caland. They spoke of forced labor and killings directly connected to the investment of oil companies in Burma, and called on them to withdraw.