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Sao Shwe Thaik became the first President of the Union of Burma (4th Jan 1948) and the last
Saopha of Yawnghwe. A sense of ominous foreboding amongst the new union’s restive ethnicities was palpable and on its first anniversary of Independence on January 4, 1949 the Statesman had warned bluntly,
“Co-operation and understanding cannot come about so long as the element of violence or threat of violence exists, for violence has no counterpart in freedom, and liberty ends where violence begins. The progressive retreat of democracy in the world today is mainly due to the worship by nations of the cult of physical force. The deterioration in this direction has been such that the much-vaunted democracies are nowadays hardly distinguishable from totalitarian states”.
Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war, says UN envoy
The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned on Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale”.
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UPDATED: April 1, 2021 05:55 IST
Anti-coup protesters run to avoid military forces during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday. (AP Photo)
The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned on Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale” and urged the UN Security Council to consider “potentially significant action” to reverse the February 1 military coup and restore democracy.
Christine Schraner Burgener didn’t specify what action she considered significant, but she painted a dire picture of the military crackdown and told the council in a closed briefing that Myanmar “is on the verge of spiraling into a failed state.”
Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets' law, which is the most serious charge against the veteran opponent of military rule.
Since the coup, Myanmar’s military has killed 43 children, detained 20, and traumatized countless more.
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April 01, 2021
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On Saturday, a 10-year-old boy was enjoying his weekend playing games with his friend, 13, near downtown Yangon, Myanmar.
When armed forces pulled up in a military truck and began to fire into the air, the boy grabbed his friend’s hand and ran – but his friend was shot in the back of the head and fell to the ground, eyewitnesses told Vice News.
The boy ran and hid from the soldiers. Later, at his friend’s funeral, somebody had to lift him up as he was not even tall enough to see inside the casket.