AsiaSat
About the company
AsiaSat
AsiaSat is a joint venture company of the US Carlyle Group and the Chinese CITIC Group, headquartered in Hong Kong. It provides satellite services in Asia. AsiaSat has a contract with the Burmese military to carry the military MWD TV channels for broadcast internationally.
Contact:
Roger Tong
Chief Executive Officer
AsiaSat
15 Dai Kwai Street,
Tai Po Industrial Estate,
New Territories,
Hong Kong
Source:
AsiaSat website accessed April 2022
https://www.asiasat.com/satellite-fleet/asiasat-9
Notified 6th April 2022
Added to the Dirty List 10 May 2022
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.