Groups Urge Companies to Withdraw From Russia NGO籲企業撤出俄羅斯 亦莫運交敏感物資

More than a year has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and at least six million Ukrainians have fled. Citizen groups convened a press conference on March 8 to demand the complete withdrawal of multinationals from Russia and a ban on exports of machinery and microelectronics components.

These slogans urge Taiwanese multinationals to stop doing business in Russia. More than a year has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and at least six million Ukrainians have become refugees. Casualties are innumerable. Citizen groups convened a press conference to demand the complete withdrawal of multinationals from Russia.

Shi Yi-hsiang, Secretary-General, Taiwan Association for Human Rights: “Micro-Star International and this Johnson Health Tech, these two companies did not respond at all or make any information public, so we surmised that these two Taiwanese companies are companies that are still operating in Russia.”

Yurii Poita, Visiting Research Fellow, INDSR: “I think that it is necessary to review and perhaps improve the export whole control system and upon confirmation of this information to ban the supply of machine tools and microelectronic products to Russia.”

The groups wanted Taiwan's multinationals to stop exporting machinery and microelectronics components to Russia so that they wouldn't end up being used by the military. They said they confirmed that Taiwanese multinationals Evergreen Marine Corp., Formosa Petrochemical Corporation, Merida Industry Co., Ltd, and Giant Bicycles have already stopped providing services in Russia.

Freddy Lim, Legislator (Ind.): “Under this kind of environment, doing business ends up being really dangerous and very high risk. That's why I hope the Taiwanese companies that have been called out today can make a decision. I also really hope they can make public their current status in Russia.”

Groups and legislators said companies that are still doing business with Russia need to stand on the side of humanitarianism and stop exporting to Russia. They added business operations should comply with human rights standards and these companies shouldn't be accomplices to Russia's unjust war.

喊著口號，呼籲台灣的跨國企業不要再提供俄國相關的商業服務，因為俄國入侵烏克蘭，戰爭進行超過一年，造成至少600萬烏克蘭難民，死傷更是不計其數，國內外的公民團體，今日舉行記者會，呼籲跨國企業應該全面撤離俄羅斯。

台灣人權促進會秘書長施逸翔表示：「微星跟這個喬山健康科技這兩家公司完全沒有回應，然後也沒有任何公開訊息，所以我們就推定呢，他們這兩家公司是台資企業，還在俄羅斯經營的這一個企業。」

國防安全研究院烏克蘭籍駐研學者尤里波伊塔表示：「我認為檢視並且改善出口管制的規範是必要的，並且在確認這些資訊之後，應該要禁止出口機械零件以及微電子系統的產品到俄羅斯。」

公民體團希望，台灣的跨國企業不要把機械及微電子零件出口到俄國，以免被軍隊利用；也強調，經過確認後，包括長榮海運、台塑石化、美利達、捷安特等多家台灣跨國企業已經停止對俄國的服務。

無黨籍立委林昶佐表示：「這樣子的環境裡面去做生意反而是非常危險、非常高風險，所以也希望，這個今天被呼籲的這些台灣的企業能夠做出他的決定，那也非常希望他能夠公開目前還在俄羅斯的一個狀況。」

公民團體和立委呼籲，還在提供俄國商業服務的企業，能站在人道立場，停止出口到俄國，呼籲企業營運也應遵守人權規範，不應成為俄羅斯不義戰爭的幫凶。