Coca-Cola denies donating money to Israel

Coca-Cola denies donating money to Israel

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Coca-Cola Indonesia denied on Tuesday reports that it had
given financial aid to the Israeli government.

"Coca-Cola is a company that produces soft drinks and has one
goal, namely to satisfy customers' thirst," PT Coca-Cola
Indonesia corporate affairs director Titie Sadarini told Antara.

She asserted that the company had never been involved in
political or religious affairs or matters that had nothing to do
directly with the soft drink industry.

"The rumor is untrue and baseless. We believe that people can
perceive it wisely and proportionally," she said.

Earlier, a number of Muslim clerics and intellectuals from
East, West and Central Java called on the Muslim community in
Indonesia to boycott products of Coco-Cola soft drink company
because the company's profits were used by the Israeli government
to slaughter Muslims in Palestine.

Athian Ali Dai, chairman of the Forum for Indonesian Muslim
Clerics and Community (FUUI), said in a joint statement in
Bandung, West Java, on Monday that nbc.com had reported that the
Coca-Cola Company had delivered its profits for four days, from
Nov. 28, 2002, to Dec.1, 2002, to the Israeli government, which
used the money to support its zionist government to fight
Palestinian Muslims.