2021年2月1日政变后，缅甸军政府反对派采取的首要行动之一，就是禁止销售由军方控制的缅甸经济公司（MEC）旗下的达贡（Dagon）啤酒。克钦独立组织（KIO）的民兵甚至决定销毁该地区的所有库存，并搜查车辆，以确保这种啤酒不会通过地下渠道销售。缅甸政权则回应称，要求其管辖范围内的所有酒吧必须供应达贡啤酒，并威胁对未进货者进行报复。
One of the first actions taken by opponents of Myanmar's military junta after the February 1, 2021, coup was to ban Dagon beer, which is owned by Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC), a conglomerate under military control. Militias belonging to the Kachin Independence Organization even decided to destroy all stocks and search vehicles in the region to ensure this beer was not sold clandestinely. The Myanmar regime responded by requiring all bars under its administration to serve Dagon, even threatening those who failed to stock it with reprisals.
在缅甸，啤酒远不止是一种简单的啤酒花饮料，它已成为效忠的象征。然而，军政府的反对派从未想过，这种啤酒有一天会在巴黎、在法国欧洲和外交部的金碧辉煌的大厅里受到如此多的荣誉。《世界报》和比利时杂志《Knack》获悉，正是在这些接待厅里——就在几个月前，法国外交官们还在呼吁释放反对派领袖昂山素季并停止轰炸平民——一家比利时公司向一家目前受欧盟制裁的MEC子公司的员工颁发了奖项，现场数百名参与者为之鼓掌。您已阅读完本文的80.25%。其余部分仅供订阅用户阅读。
In Myanmar, beer is much more than a simple hoppy beverage: It has become a symbol of allegiance. Yet opponents of the junta never imagined it would one day be showered with honors in Paris, beneath the gilded ceilings of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Le Monde and the Belgian magazine Knack have learned that it was in these very reception rooms – where, in recent months, French diplomats were still calling for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and an end to the bombing of civilians – that a Belgian company presented awards to employees of an MEC subsidiary, currently under European sanctions, to the applause of several hundred participants. You have 80.25% of this article left to read. The rest is forrs only.