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In 2002 Gary player was involved in the construction of a 650 acre golf course in Burma. George Monbiot, writing in the Guardian, says that Gary Player’s design company “decided not to comment on any questions regarding Myanmar-Burma”.
Following this deafening silence, Gary Player was removed from the guest list of the Nelson Mandela Invitational [...]

Chevron is coming under pressure to disinvest from Burma. For the full story see the San Francisco Cronicle’s website
Thailand is by far the largest buyer of Burma’s exports (principally gas). Chevron is involved in the Yanado project via its subsidiary Unocal which owns 28%.
The investors in the Yanado project, are Unocal, France’s Total, the Myanmar [...]