Due to repeated raids and arson attacks by junta troops, villagers in central Myanmar are unable to build new houses and are forced to live in low-cost palm huts.
Myanmar Military Regime Appoints Governing Body
Myanmar Military Regime Appoints Governing Body
Troops take part in the Myanmar Armed Forces Day Parade in Naypyitaw in March 2018. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 3 February 2021
The Myanmar military regime formed an official national governing body on Tuesday, one day after staging a coup against the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government.
Christened the “State Administrative Council” (SAC), the 11-member body is largely made up of military officials and led by military chief-cum-coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Among the 11 council members are three civilians. Two of these New National Democracy Party chairman U Thein Nyunt and National Democratic Force chairman U Khin Maung Swe are members of parties seen as political foes of the ousted NLD. The third is former Karen National Union leader Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung, who mounted an unsuccessful run for a Lower House seat re