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Rights body seminar warns Tesco Lotus over libel suits
The Nation: May 9, 2008

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/05/09/headlines/headlines_30072642.php

Tesco Lotus came under fire yesterday as the National Human Rights Commission and the Foundation for Consumers held a seminar on the hypermarket chain’s negative impact on communities and the mass media’s freedom of expression…Suthichai Yoon, editor in chief of Nation Multimedia Group, told the seminar that Tesco Lotus’s recent libel suits could be seen as a “classic” case study on multinational firms’ ethical conduct as far as public sentiment and social responsibility are concerned…Suthichai said the public and mass media had the right to express their opinion in good faith. As a result, these critics, wanting to protect a minority in society (the traditional trade), should not face such intimidation…The Campaign Committee for Human Rights also issued a strongly worded statement criticising Tesco Lotus and urging the public to boycott its business.