Myanmar Now reports that a popular American brewery with “ethical credentials”, the New Belgium Brewery, is voting on whether to sell up to a a subsidiary of Kirin, a company accused of funding the Burmese military’s abuses against ethnic minorities.
Kirin is on Burma Campaign UK’s Dirty List for partnering with Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited, a military-owned conglomerate.
“If New Belgium employees vote to be part of Kirin, they will have as a business partner a military which rapes children and throws babies into burning homes,” said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK.