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Originally Posted by Old300D
Exxon-Mobil is one of the biggest corporate contributors, to the tune of 5 million bux.
It's understandable, since they own the LNG production in Sumatra. However what is not often disclosed is they spend considerably more than 5 million employing the Malaysian military to keep the population in check, with more than enough allegations of rape, torture and murder against the local people. Perhaps Exxon-Mobil will become the next defendant successfully sued in the US, after UnoCal in Burma.
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Exactly right.
Some pharmaceutical companies have made both financial and in-kind contributions, too. But that also is good for those companies who do a lot of international business. a CEO of one of them (I'm sorry I don't recall which) said they had several thousand employees in Indonesia, though none were affected by the quake and tsunami, the local company essentially petitioned corporate and corporate came through. That's appropriate for a company, I think. But I cannot think that a big company that has no interest in the region should feel any obligation to give.