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Japanese drinks giant Kirin Holdings will abandon its partnership with a Myanmar brewery part-owned by military generals who overthrew the elected government this week and are under international sanctions for genocide.

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เหมืองหยกในเมืองพะกาน รัฐคะฉิ่นทางตอนเหนือของประเทศเมียนมานับว่าเป็นแหล่งหยกที่มีค่าและใหญ่ที่สุดในโลกซึ่งมีมูลค่ามหาศาลเกือบเทียบเท่ากับครึ่งหนึ่งของ GDP ทั้งประเทศตามรายงานขององค์กรเอ็นจีโอ Global Witness หรือสร้างมูลค่ามากกว่า 3 หมื่นล้านเหรียญสหรัฐ (กว่า 9 แสนล้านบาท) ต่อปี แต่เงินเหล่านั้นแทบจะไม่ถึงมือคนธรรมดาหรือกองทุนของรัฐเลย

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日本啤酒公司麒麟控股株式會社（Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd.）今天（5日）宣佈，停止與軍方企業緬甸經濟控股公司（Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company Limited, MEHL）的合資計畫。

Am Mittwoch, 03. Februar 2021 gab es in zahlreichen Städten Myanmars Proteste gegen den Militärputsch am Tag zuvor – und eine regelrechte Streikwelle im Gesundheitswesen.

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Human rights groups have urged Japanese brewing giant Kirin to cut ties with its Myanmar business operations, alleging its continued part-ownership of two military-linked breweries there makes it effectively complicit in war crimes committed by the military in Myanmar.

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JFM releases list of 133 businesses fully or partially controlled by the Myanmar military, 174 directors of those business and 112 businesses from which the military derive significant income. These require targeted international sanctions.

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Australia has labelled the Myanmar military’s takeover of government as a coup, laying the groundwork for a potential suspension of military ties.

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Candlelight protests, the banging of metal vessels, honking of car horns, a boycott of military-owned businesses, and the resignation of some medical frontline personnel were among the actions launched by Myanmar citizens to demand the restoration of civilian rule.

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Trong nhiều năm, quân đội Myanmar đã bị cáo buộc thực hiện các hành vi giết hại, hãm hiếp, tra tấn, cướp bóc, cùng các tội ác có tính chất diệt chủng nhắm vào những sắc dân thiểu số, đặc biệt là người Rohingya.

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During the recent coup, the armed forces shut down large swaths of the nation’s digital infrastructure. Now, people are braced for more restrictions.