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22 April 2021
Activist group "Justice for Myanmar" has called out Shangri-La Asia for "continued business with the Myanmar military" through the Sule Square development. It urged consumers to boycott Shangri-La hotels and asked investors to divest. Sule Square is a mall and office development in Yangon by Shangri-La and according to the activist group, it is on land leased from the quartermaster general’s office of the Myanmar army, which is responsible for the purchase of arms.
Justice for Myanmar also alleged in a statement that Shangri-La Asia, founded by Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok and owned by Kuok Group, has "failed to respond to the recommendations of the UN International Fact-Finding Mission to cut ties with the military". Its spokesperson Yadanar Maung also called for tenants of Sule Square, including the World Bank, Coca Cola, the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar and Yara to end all leases and cut all ties with the Myanmar military.