Daily Monitor
Saturday May 22 2021
Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) and the nation's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. PHOTO/FILE/COURTEYS
Summary
Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the coup and according to a local monitoring group more than 800 people have died as the military moved to crack down on dissent.
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Myanmar's junta chief has said deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will appear in court within days during the general's first television interview since the coup.
Min Aung Hlaing, who toppled Suu Kyi in a February 1 putsch, gave a two-hour interview to Hong Kong's Phoenix Television on Thursday, with the full programme yet to air.