Myanmar protesters back on streets despite police violence
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Large crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in...
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China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-06 09:33 Share CLOSE Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as she attends a photo opportunity after the opening ceremony of the 21st Century Panglong Conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on May 24, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] U Win Htein, patron of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, or NLD, was arrested late on Thursday, an official from the Myanmar Police Force said on Friday. The 80-year-old, who is believed to be a trusted confidant of the party's chairwoman Aung San Suu Kyi, was taken to a district police...
YANGON: Hundreds of teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university on Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions. The rally took place after the arrest of Win Htein, a key aide to national leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who has not been seen in public since being detained along with president Win Myint on Monday. A representative of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy said on Friday she was being held at her residence in Naypyidaw, the country’s capital, and was “in good healthâ...
Published on: Saturday, February 06, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: Teachers from Yangon University of Education wear red ribbons and pose with a three-finger salute as they take part in a demonstration against the military in Yangon. (Reuters) YANGON: Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions. The rally took place after the arrest Win Htein, a key aide to de facto leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who was detained along with president W...
YANGON, Feb 5 — A key aide to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested today, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power. The arrest came after the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city were filled for a third...