Fax from Thai Bauer Co., Ltd. to TA (r)

[thawma@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I really want to know that how labour or trade union groups of Burma in 
overseas pay attention on that issue. Just waiting to get fund from 
funding agencies???? It looks funny!!!!!
(good at talk, nothing have been done)


>	Thu, 25 Sep 1997 01:47:35 -0700 (PDT)
>Date: 25 Sep 1997 01:43:48
>Reply-To: Conference "reg.burma" <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: tacdb@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Fax from Thai Bauer Co., Ltd. to TACDB re Burmese workers.
>To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>This fax was received today from Thai Bauer Co. Ltd. who have kindly
>clarfied their relationship with yet another group of starving Burmese
>workers building Bangkok's lovely 'Elevated Road and Train System 
Project'
>in Rangsit, Bangkok (see tacdb@xxxxxxxxxx posting on the 19 Sep 1997
>01:53:12). It's funny how all of these 'project sites' in Bangkok, 
where
>hundreds of illegal Burmese workers are being exploited, are the sites 
that
>are so crucial to the 13th Asia Games that Thailand will host in 
December
>1998. There has been some controversy lately, over Thailand's ability 
to get
>the work that is needed to be done, completed on time and under budget. 
That
>Thailand cannot complete the sites on schedule even with the use of 
FREE
>Burmese labour, is astonishing. Please refer to another posting by
>tacdb@xxxxxxxxxx on the 31 Aug 1997 at 21:47:10 regarding workers being
>exploited on the actual stadium site of the next Asian Games in 
Ramkhanheng,
>Bangkok.
>
>TACDB would like to clarify that our interests in this case is of the
>well-being of the Burmese workers at one of Thai Bauer Co. Ltd's work 
sites
>in Rangsit, Bangkok. We realise that the work has been sub-contracted 
out to
>a local Thai company, who is legally responsible for the workers and 
that
>Thai Bauer Co. Ltd, has no immediate legal obligations to the workers. 
The
>question as to their moral obligations remains still, a question and 
one
>that TACDB respectfully refrains from commenting upon.
>
>While TACDB is pleased and reassured to know that Thai Bauer Co. Ltd. 
will
>suspend all contracts with Angel Thai Co., Ltd. if the workers 
allegations
>can be substatiated, it does not solve the problem of the workers wages 
and
>daily survival needs. For those people who have contacted us with 
support
>for the workers- thank you very much.
>
>So, I guess that in closing, TACDB can firmly state (if we can firmly 
state
>nothing else!) that the Burmese workers have no relationship to anyone 
and
>that no-one is responsible for their well-being. Reassuring isn't it? 
It's
>time to free Burma and really sort the problems facing Burmese in 
Thailand out.
>
>Khin Pyu Win,
>TACDB.
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>        Transcript of the original
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>
>TO :    TACDB                   FAX : 216 4463
>ATTN :  KHIN PYU WIN
>FROM :  MR. MIKE SINKINSON      FAX : 662 653 2075
>cc. :   MR. ALLAN GOOD
>DATE :  24th SEPTEMBER 1997     TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES: 1
>REF:    ANGEL THAI CO., LTD.
>
>We enclose an unsigned fax herewith which purports to originate from 
your
>goodselves.
>
>Please be advised that Angel Thai Co. Ltd are a subcontracter engaged 
by
>Thai Bauer Co., Ltd. under contract to execute certain works on the 
Bangkok
>Elevated Road and Train System Project. We would confirm Angel Thai 
Co.,
>Ltd. and their representatives are not in any way whatsoever 'agents' 
for
>Thai Bauer Co., Ltd. and we have no knowledge or control over their 
business
>operations.
>
>As a reputable company, we must express our concerns at the allegations
>brought to our attention in your fax and we give our assurances that 
these
>allegations will be investigated by us, and if substantiated, will lead 
to
>us cancelling all existing contracts placed with Angel Thai Co., Ltd.
>
>We trust that you find the above clarifications in order and would 
advise
>that you should elect to publish or circulate any document such as the
>attached, which implies that Thai Bauer Co. Ltd, are responsible for, 
or in
>any way associated with, the actions of Angel Thai Co. Ltd, we hereby
>reserve our rights to prosecute you at law.
>
>Assuring you of our best intentions,
>
>Yours faithfully,
>THAI BAUER CO., LTD.
>
>Mike Sinkinson
>Managing Director
>******************************************************
>Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (TACDB),
>328 Phayathai Road,
>Rajthevee,
>Bangkok 10400,
>THAILAND.
>
>tel/fax:  (+662) 216 4463
>email:	  tacdb@xxxxxxxxxx
>******************************************************
>
>


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