Two members of the recently established Dutch Anti-Arab Boycott Committee were beaten up last week after they asked questions about compliance with Arab boycott demands at a shareholders meeting of a company doing business in Saudi Arabia. The assault occurred after the two men left the meeting where their questions drew an angry reaction from some of the shareholders. The assailants were not identified.
The anti-boycott group recently purchased small amounts of stock in Dutch firms with contracts in Arab countries. This permits them to ask questions relating to the firms’ treatment of boycott demands. Two weeks ago, they attended a meeting of the Ballast Nedam Co. The men who were assaulted last week had attended a shareholders’ meeting of the Ogem Co. which has contracts for major construction work in Saudi Arabia.
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