Grab
Added to the Dirty List 20 August 2019
Removed from the Dirty List 5 October 2021
Grab did not respond to Burma Campaign UK correspondence but since being placed on the Dirty List in 2019 has not used the military owned ballroom for events.
About the company
Grab
Grab is Singaporean app-based taxi service. In Burma, Grab hires the Gandamar Grand Ballroom for corporate events. Gandamar Grand Ballroom is owned by the military-controlled Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd.
Contact:
Anthony Tan
CEO and Co-Founder
Grab
28 Sin Ming Lane
#01-143, Midview City
573972
Singapore
Email: anthony.tan@grab.com
Source:
Gandamar Grand Ballroom Facebook Page accessed July 2019
https://www.facebook.com/GandamarGGB/photos/pcb.2389695697709717/2389692944376659/?type=3&theater
Notified 16th July 2019
Added to the Dirty List 20 August 2019
Removed from the Dirty List 5 October 2021
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.