The charges against her included incitement against the military and violating COVID regulations. It is the first ruling since her ousting and arrest following a military coup on February 1.
The charges included incitement against the military and violating COVID regulations. The first ruling since her ousting and arrest following a military coup was met with global outrage.
UN envoy warns bloodbath imminent in Myanmar
One man was shot and killed in the southern town of Thaton, the
Bago Weekly Journal online news portal and residents reported. Police also fired in the central town of Bago, wounding one man.
Military blocks most internet access
On Friday, Myanmar s military blocked all internet access apart from those using fiberoptic cable, which was working at drastically reduced speeds. The internet shutdown followed weeks of overnight cutoffs.
Anti-coup protesters have changed their tactics to avoid violent suppression from security forces
Access to mobile networks and all wireless the less-costly options used by most people in the developing country remained blocked on Saturday.
Soldiers take part in a military parade in the capital Naypyidaw in 2019
Myanmar has witnessed widespread anti-coup protests this week where public anger at the military for toppling a democratically elected civilian government is on full display. On Wednesday, young protesters in the nation s largest city Yangon held a mock funeral for the army chief Min Aung Hlaing.
The Tatmadaw, as the military is known in Myanmar, is both omnipresent and impalpable. It is omnipresent because it dominates not only the political landscape but also the country s economy. It is impalpable because the military functions like a state within a state, Marco Bünte, political analyst and Myanmar expert at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, told DW.