Few military officers have shown as much greed as Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, and there is little doubt he is clinging to power to protect his economic interests.
Street theatre at a March 6 rally against the coup in Myanmar highlighted the increasingly repressive response of the Myanmar military coup regime. Photo: Peter Boyle
Australia should cut all military and business ties with the Myanmar/Burma military coup regime, Dr Thein Moe Win, a spokesperson for Action Against Myanmar Military Coup (Australia) told
Green Left at a March 6 protest in Martin Place.
Protests were also held in cities around Australia that weekend as the community busily called government ministers and members of parliament to demand firmer action by the Australian government.
On March 7, a shameful 35 days after the February 1 coup, Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne announced that “military cooperation” with Myanmar would be suspended. Aid would be channeled through non-government organisations, not the regime, and “re-directed to the immediate humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable and poor including the Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities
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Assets tied to 10 members of the regime and three businesses have been frozen in the US; Washington warns of more actions if further violence is used against protesters.