Kirin Shocked Profits from Joint Venture with Military go to Military

 Burma Tha Din Exclusive

In an exclusive interview, a Kirin spokesperson has told Burma Tha Din that Kirin is shocked and surprised to learn that profits from its joint venture with the Myanmar military go to the Myanmar military. The statement comes following the publication of a new report by Amnesty International exposing how profits from military companies have been distributed to the military.

“Obviously when we went into business with the Myanmar military, with the sole purpose of making more profits, it was completely impossible to predict that those profits would go to our business partner and joint owner of the breweries, the Myanmar military”, the spokesperson told Burma Tha Din.

“Of course we were aware that our business partner is accused by the UN of ethnic cleansing, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, but we donated items to a local health clinic and bought some solar panels so there are two sides to the story.

“Now that this completely unpredictable information has come to light that profits from our joint venture with the military go to the military, we will carry on doing exactly what we were doing beforehand, and wait for Deloitte to find a way to explain that doing business with the military and having joint ventures with the military where profits go to the military is actually the best thing for addressing human rights concerns in Myanmar.

Burma Tha Din: Exclusive! Interview with U Wai Linn

In light of the spat between Myanmar Times and Frontier Myanmar, Burma Tha Din obtained an exclusive interview with U Wai Linn, owner of the Myanmar Times, on condition it was not recorded.

BTD: Sir, can you tell us why you have published an article in your newspaper accusing Frontier Myanmar of fabricating an interview?

U Wai Linn: I woke up one morning feeling resentful that people don’t know the real me. They know I am a racist genocide denier who brown-noses the government, but there is more to me than that. By denying I did an interview even though there was a recording of the interview, people now know I am a liar and an idiot as well.

BTD: Thank you. Do you have anything else you want to add?

U Wai Linn: Yes, don’t even think of publishing this interview.