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Article

11 May 2009

Author:
Ben Bland, Asia Sentinel

An Australian company's hot potato

One of Australia's largest engineering companies is abruptly pulling out of Burma after an investigation…revealed that a subsidiary was working on the construction of a lavish new airport for the repressive junta in Naypyidaw, the generals' reclusive capital. Downer EDI's Singaporean consultancy arm, CPG Corporation, was contracted to design the revamped airport…Downer claimed that it had been unaware that its wholly-owned subsidiary was working on the Naypyidaw project...The company…said that it was launching a "rigorous" review of all its contracts and beefing up its governance procedures to ensure better oversight…Human rights groups claim that much of Naypyidaw…was constructed using forced labor, including children…[also refers to Asia World]