A Textbook Example of Authoritarian Rule in Myanmar
Myanmar regime troops during the Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyitaw on March 27.
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By Mon Mon Myat 9 April 2021
It is common in Yangon today to see military trucks packed with dozens of soldiers followed by a car with a loudspeaker announcing local directives issued by the regional military commander. All day long, the cars drive around Yangon’s outskirts enforcing martial law. The announcements are similar to what we heard 30 years ago under SLORC/SPDC (State Law and Order Restoration Council/State Peace and Development Council) regimes, only the details are different.
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A leading Myanmar actor, singer and model who has backed the country s anti-coup protests was arrested on Thursday, his sister said, as the junta hunts more than 100 celebrities for supporting the movement.
The country has been rocked by daily protests since the military seized power on 1 February, and the authorities have launched a bloody crackdown on dissent, with hundreds killed and more than 2,500 arrested.
Paing Takhon, 24 - a star in both Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand - has been active in the protest movement both in person at rallies and through his massive social media following. Some 50 soldiers with eight military trucks, came to arrest him from his mother s home in the North Dagon area of Yangon early Thursday, his sister Thi Thi Lwin posted on Facebook.