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Kirin’s US beer deal threatened by Burma links – Nikkei Asian Review

December 11, 2019 Campaign News

The employee-shareholders of New Belgium Brewing, one of the largest independent craft beer breweries in the US, are being urged to vote against a proposed takeover by Japanese beverage giant Kirin.

Activists are hoping the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government for genocide at the International Court of Justice will increase the pressure on international businesses like Kirin to sever ties with the Burmese military.

“The profits are being pumped back into the military, helping to fund their operations,” said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, which has published a Dirty List of about 80 companies linked to the military, including Kirin. “Kirin are literally helping to fund genocide.”

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