Hlaing funeral parade performance… increase the scale of protests in major cities
[아시아경제 조유진 기자] The Myanmar military, which caused the coup, is raising the level of armed suppression, but the Myanmar’s enthusiasm for democratization has not cooled down.
The scale of anti-coup protests in major cities is gradually increasing, as protests in Myanmar are worsening due to bloodshed as the violent repressions such as shooting continue.
According to the Associated Press and other major foreign media, on the 10th (local time) in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, a funeral parade performance of Supreme Commander Min Aung Hlaing was held to resist military dictatorship.
They went around the city and shouted to overthrow the dictatorship, wearing a dry black coffin with the picture of Supreme Commander Hlaing attached to the bonus.
Protesters gathered at foreign embassies in Myanmar, including the United States and Japan, urged the international community to actively intervene. They marched through the city waving signs that read,’We want democracy, we don’t want dictators’.
He also held a picture of the state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi in custody and shouted slogans calling for release.
(출처:Sai Aung Main / AFP / Getty Images)
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In the capital city of Naepido, where government ministries are gathered, hundreds of civil servants in uniforms shouted “Do not go to the office, let us free ourselves” and urged participation in the’civil disobedience’ movement.
Officials are protesting the previous day in protest against Supreme Commander Hlaing’s urging that officials not be swept away by politics, Bloomberg reported.
Amid growing concerns about bloodshed due to the Myanmar military’s live ammunition, the heat of protests against the coup has not subsided.
Myanmar’s military is strengthening its use of force to crush protesters, and the police are continuing their tough response, such as raiding the company of the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by a detained shame torture.
NLD spokesman Zito wrote on Facebook that about 10 policemen broke into the NLD company’s building in Yangon and took documents and computer hardware.
The reason for the police’s search for our company is unknown, but foreign media reported that it appears to be a step to press the ousted civilian political leaders.
The bloody suppression of the military is intensifying the pressure of the military in Myanmar by the international community. In his speech today, President Joe Biden approved a new executive order requiring immediate sanctions against military leaders who ordered the coup.
Sanctions also include businesses related to military leaders and close family members.
President Biden said, “We will take steps to prevent the military from improperly accessing the $1 billion of Burmese government funds in the United States. We will freeze US assets that benefit the Burmese government, while providing medical care that directly benefits Burmese residents. In the area, we will maintain support.”
It also criticized the violent suppression of protests against the coup, adding that additional measures could be mobilized.
The UN Human Rights Council plans to hold an emergency meeting on the 12th to discuss the situation in Myanmar. Ola Almgren, the UN coordinator in Myanmar, urged the military to guarantee the right to peaceful demonstrations, saying, “Physical violence against protesters is unacceptable.”
