In the latest wave of arrests, Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Vice Chairman Kyaw Tint Swe and four others were taken away overnight in a coup d’état that began on February 1, causing public shock.
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, while 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 sanctions.
The detention of Ung San Suu Kyi by the military government has led to criticism from the outside world, and people in Myanmar have taken to the streets in protest. Photo: From the National League for Democracy Facebook page
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