The Burmese military used deadly force against the demonstrators, resulting in deaths and injuries to the Burmese people. Taiwan‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed serious concern today and called on the Burmese military not to use force to solve domestic political problems. On the other hand, Taiwan’s Taiwanese businessmen and expatriates in Myanmar are about 1,000 people, and China Airlines sent an emergency rescue flight to Yangon to evacuate them at 7:00 this morning.
After the Burmese military took over power on February 1 this year, the Burmese people launched a number of protest marches around the country to demand the restoration of democracy. Recently, it was rumored that the military used deadly force against the demonstrators, resulting in deaths and injuries to the people, causing international concern and condemnation.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) expressed shock and regret at the Burmese military government’s actions, which it believes are unacceptable to the government and people of a democratic country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also called on the Burmese military not to use force to solve domestic political problems, but to resolve the confrontation between the people and the army in a peaceful manner through rational dialogue, and to restore democratic politics in Burma.
Taiwan’s representative office in Myanmar revealed that the personal safety of Taiwanese businessmen and expatriates in Myanmar has not been affected so far. Officials reminded Taiwanese living in Myanmar to pay attention to political changes and keep in touch with the representative office in Myanmar at all times.
The crew of the China Airlines rescue flight began preparing for the rescue before dawn today, taking off for Yangon at 7:00 a.m. and returning to Taiwan at 4:00 p.m., with 82 people aboard. Most of the Taiwanese businessmen and expatriates in Myanmar live in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar.
China Airlines Myanmar Branch said that in response to the Epidemic and political changes in Myanmar, another rescue flight scheduled for February 28 will be canceled, and there will still be two rescue flights on March 14 and 28.
The Taiwan Overseas Chinese Affairs Council said that after the outbreak of the epidemic last year, Myanmar officials had announced civil aviation control measures and temporarily closed international commercial flights to land and take off at airports in Myanmar; however, humanitarian rescue, cargo, medical evacuation, and other special flights approved by the Myanmar Civil Aviation Authority were not under control.
The Taiwan Epidemic Command Center said that this Time the Burmese expatriates mainly returned Home due to political unrest, but the local epidemic situation is quite good and the number of confirmed cases is in the single digits, so no centralized quarantine will be arranged. However, because it is a special case, if there is no negative test report within three days, you can enter the country at your own expense to take the test according to the law. 28 people are known to have no negative test report within three days and must take the test at their own expense after entering the country and stay in an epidemic-proof hotel.
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