Burma military bloody crackdown on demonstrations.
As many as 32 Chinese-owned factories in Hlaing Tharyar, the first major city of Yangon, were set on fire by unknown persons. The head of a Western NGO who has lived in Burma for many years said there was sufficient evidence that “the vast majority of arson incidents are the work of the military.
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar said that as of noon on the 15th, a number of Chinese-funded factories were vandalized by lawless elements in Yangon’s Leidaya Industrial Zone on the 14th, causing damage to 32 Chinese-funded factories, injuring two Chinese employees and killing no one, and causing property damage of 240 million yuan (about 1.04 billion yuan), according to statistics.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian expressed his hope that the Myanmar side would take practical measures to investigate and punish the perpetrators in accordance with the law.
Radio France Internationale quoted the head of an NGO as saying that there are a large number of photos and eyewitnesses to prove that the majority of arson incidents were committed by the military, and that the military is “killing three birds with one stone” to divert attention from the “bloodiest day in Myanmar”. The military’s move not only distracts attention from the “bloodiest day in Myanmar”, but also provides an excuse to blame the protesters for the crackdown, and is motivated by monetary considerations, as Chinese and foreign companies will seek protection from the Burmese military after the arson incidents, which could result in monetary income for the military.
He also said that the Burmese army has no bottom line, and they shoot protesters with impunity. In addition, the Burmese Kokang militia, which closely tracks the situation in Burma, also tweeted that Burmese police were found piling combustible materials at a place where a Chinese-owned factory was on fire, strongly suspecting that the burning of the Chinese-owned factory was an artificial planting by the military.
Yesterday, after a large number of Chinese-invested factories were burned
The Burmese government issued an emergency martial law decree last night
The whole country of Myanmar is under martial law and state of war.
Those who go out on the streets at night are at risk of being shot at
All the more reason to believe that those who burned down Chinese factories were hired by the military government pic.twitter.com/yekNXQAM6K
- KOKANG OF MYANMAR Burma?? Kokang (@shenzhilong001) March 15, 2021
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