Commercial tenants of the Sule Square complex review leases due to military connection

Commercial tenants of the Sule Square complex review leases due to military connection
Vehicles travel along Sule Square, office and hotel area of Sule Road in central Yangon. Photo: AFP

A number of tenants of a high-end office block in Myanmar that the United Nations said is built on military-owned land have moved out or are reviewing their leases, including McKinsey, Coca-Cola and Reuters, the companies said.

According to a Reuters report, activist group Justice for Myanmar last month called on commercial tenants of the Sule Square complex of offices and shops in the heart of Myanmar’s commercial hub of Yangon to stop indirectly supporting the army.

Reuters approached all of the companies named in the report. Of the six that said they had moved or were reviewing office plans, only one cited the military link. Others cited various reasons including business prospects.