More and more public servants are participating in the disobedience movement saying they will not work as a subordinate of the Myanmar military, which took power through a coup.
In particular, it is showing signs of spreading through organized resistance movements, including the addition of high-ranking diplomatic groups dispatched overseas.
According to local media such as Irrawaddy on the 4th, 115 public officials working in the Myanmar News and Communications (MNA) under the Ministry of Public Affairs of Myanmar made a statement the day before and said they would participate in the civil disobedience movement.
After the military government took over the Ministry of Public Affairs in a coup on the 1st of last month, the state media articles were filled with the contents of the pro-military department, and the facts were distorted by prohibiting the use of terms such as “coup”, “military government”, and “military” in private media outlets. For a reason.
They did not resign, but declared that they will return to work only when the democratically elected government returns.
Ambassador of Myanmar’three-finger salute’ against dismissal from the military▶ Click here for a larger view
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Prior to this, on the 26th of last month, Myanmar Ambassador Cho Mo Tun, the UN Ambassador to the United Nations, gave a speech at the UN General Assembly, saying, “Strong action from the international community is needed to end the coup,” and immediately dismissed the military government by giving a’three-finger salute’, a symbol of resistance. .
Instead, the military government appointed Tin Maung Naing’s ambassador to the United Nations as a temporary ambassador to the United Nations, but Tin Maung Naing’s ambassador resigned on the 3rd.
Ambassador Tin Maung Naing did not disclose the reason for his resignation, but it appears to be related to the disobedience movement.
Ambassador Cho Mo Tun, his boss, disagrees with the decision to dismiss, and insists on maintaining the post, and CRPH, formed by members of the National League for Democracy and National Affairs (NLD) led by state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi, came to the United Nations. Urged to maintain the status of
In addition, local Koreans gathered at the Myanmar consulate in New York, where the United Nations is headquartered, urged the U.S. government not to issue visas for the succession of Ambassador Cho Mo Tun, appointed by the military government.
Consul General Mia Mia Qi of the Myanmar consulate in Los Angeles (LA) also announced that he had decided to participate in the disobedience movement without complying with the summons order of the military government.
The military government decided to summon at least 100 employees of diplomatic missions from 19 countries, including Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Britain, France, and Australia, shortly after the rebellion of Ambassador Cho Mo Tun.
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Myanmar officials joined in protests condemning the coup▶ Click here for a larger view
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Irrawaddy reported that thousands of public officials are participating in the disobedience movement, starting with a medical strike immediately after the coup.
The military government of Myanmar held a coup on the 1st of last month and took power on the grounds that the civil government did not investigate even though serious irregularities occurred in the general elections in November last year.
In addition, the level of bloody suppression against protesters protesting this has been gradually raised, and casualties are continuing.
In particular, on the 3rd, it was reported that more than 38 people were killed in a single day across Myanmar due to indiscriminate shooting by the military and police.
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