Regime boss Min Aung Hlaing is also unrivaled in his brutality and cruelty, which exceed those of even his notorious predecessors Ne Win and Than Shwe.
Poverty by early next year will be at levels not seen in more than 15 years, with a particularly sharp spike in urban areas, the UNDP predicts in its latest report.
The high-profile anti-regime figure has been in critical condition since junta troops raided his Yangon hideout on Saturday, his wife Ma Nilar Thein said.
The soon-to-be departing Christine Schraner Burgener has admitted for the first time that the junta has no interest in talking or a peaceful solution to Myanmar’s crisis.