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.