The Burmese military has launched a coup d’état, placing substantive leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, and the National League for Democracy (NLD) has revealed that in the latest wave of arrests, Aung San Suu Kyi’s close confidant Kyaw Tint Swe was also taken overnight.
In the latest wave of arrests, Kyaw Tint Swe, vice chairman of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, and four others were taken away overnight in a coup d’état staged by the Burmese military since Feb. 1.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Facebook today that Kyaw Tint Swe, one of Ung San Suu Kyi’s close associates, was taken from his Home. Kyaw Tint Swe, a Burmese diplomat who joined the country’s foreign ministry in 1968, was Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations from 2001 to 2010.
Since the coup, many victims have been detained, and local people have taken to the streets in protest of the military government’s actions, many of them banging pots and pans in their homes every night to express their discontent.
In addition, U.S. President Joe Biden also publicly called on the military government to immediately release Wongsan Suu Kyi and others, and to respect the decision made by the Burmese people in the November 8 election last year, and Biden also announced a series of sanctions against the Burmese military government, which will not only freeze the Burmese government’s assets in the United States, but also sanction Burmese military leaders and their families.
Despite continued criticism of the Burmese junta’s actions at home and abroad, the military has not heeded any of it and has stepped up its efforts to intimidate the people and impose tougher forms of sanctions.
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