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| Malaysians for 'Peace' Launch Boycott Of Coke, Starbucks |
| 2006-08-12 |
| The Malaysians for Peace Alliance (Aman Malaysia) and the Muslims Consumer Association (PPIM) Saturday launched a campaign to boycott Coca-Cola and Starbucks coffee in protest against Israel's atrocities in Lebanon and Palestine. Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir [son of former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad], who is coordinating the Aman Malaysia-PPIM pact for the boycott, also urged the Muslim Restaurants Association and other non-governmental organisations to cooperate by boycotting American products. Speaking to reporters after announcing the launch of the boycott campaign here today, Mukhriz, who also heads Aman Malaysia, believed that the boycott would be effective in bringing more international pressure on Israel to stop bombing Lebanon and Palestine. The move, he added, was also to show Israel and the United States that Malaysians rejected Israel's latest atrocities in West Asia. He added that Malaysians must be made to realise that they can do something to stop the war in southern Lebanon and attacks on Palestine. Mukhriz had earlier opened the Kuala Kurau Umno delegates meeti |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 The US is Malaysia's largest export market. I think they want to be careful about where they go with this. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-12 23:58 |