Myanmar junta chief vows continued crackdown, then elections
Thousands of people take to the streets again to demand the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, in February 2021. More than 3,100 people have been killed in the military’s crackdown on dissent since the coup, says to a local monitoring group. – EPA pic, March 27, 2023.
FLANKED by tanks and missile launchers, Myanmar’s junta chief today vowed no let up in a crackdown on opponents and insisted the military would hold elections – weeks after admitting it did not control enough territory to allow a vote. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government over two years ago after making unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.
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