Sanctions against the coup plotters aren’t enough – the US, China and south-east Asian nations should collaborate to help bring about change
A protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday. Photograph: Aung Kyaw Htet/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock
A protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday. Photograph: Aung Kyaw Htet/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock
Tue 9 Mar 2021 07.58 EST
Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 13.27 EST
Four weeks after he deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, General Min Aung Hlaing must be getting that sinking feeling. His carefully orchestrated retirement plan
(he was due to retire in July this year, before leading the coup on 1 February) has faced sustained protests from the street and international condemnation, even from vocal members of the normally staid Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). The general has also over-played the army’s tried-and-tested strategy of deploying brutal firepower.
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