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shadow government>> i have no idea what this means, but wonder if it will keep the current junta government up at night?
Demonstrations and killings are ongoing

CRPH announces lineup of interim ‘national unity government’
Myanmar’s acting vice-president was appointed interim prime minister on Friday by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a body formed of elected lawmakers from Myanmar’s ousted civilian government.

Mahn Win Khaing Than served as the speaker of the Upper House until the Aung San Suu Kyi-led civilian government was forced out in the February 1 military coup.

The CRPH announced the lineup of its interim cabinet members at an online press event on Friday. It includes a president, state counsellor, vice president, prime minister and 11 ministers for 12 ministries. There are also 12 deputy ministers appointed by the CRPH.

Of the 26 total cabinet members, 13 belong to ethnic nationalities, and eight are women.

Ousted president Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi retained their previous positions, but were still detained in military custody at the time of reporting.
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/crp ... government

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Some countries will officially recognise Myanmar's shadow government in the coming days, says new minister
Lwin Ko Latt did not name the countries but said they included Western nations and a country that experienced the Arab Spring
Several countries are preparing to officially recognise Myanmar’s National Unity Government as the legitimate leaders of the country, a minister from the newly formed shadow cabinet said on Friday.

Lwin Ko Latt, who has been appointed minister for home affairs and immigration, said the countries’ governments were preparing to announce their endorsements in the coming days.

“They include some Western countries as well as a member country of the Arab World that experienced the Arab Spring, which we respected and envy very much,” he told an online press conference in response to a question from Myanmar Now.

The new interim cabinet was formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a shadow parliament that has been working underground to topple the coup regime
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3 people were killed in Mogok ( the gem capital of the world)
this is shocking



Meanwhile, over 23,000 prisoners' were granted Amnesty and released, ( One was the former PP post CEO and Myanmar times owner arrested back in 2018 for drugs - Ross Dunkley, https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/austr ... 57k1o.html)
Over 23,000 prisoners across Myanmar were granted amnesty and released on April 17th, the first day of the traditional New Year, including former student political activists.

The state-owned MRTV reported that 23,407 prisoners were released, under the provisions of Section 401-§1 of the penal code. In Yangon region alone over 800 prisoners were released, while Mandalay saw around 2,800 released from 5 prisons.
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very good analysis

Myanmar Coup Weakens Southeast Asia Security and Cooperation
The generals’ seizure of power leaves ASEAN with a reduced regional role — and U.S. policymakers with a multilateral quandary.

Southeast Asian governments have reacted to the coup in Myanmar in diverse ways that reflect divergent interests. Some, such as Singapore, have condemned the generals’ violence against anti-coup protesters. Others, including Vietnam, have strategic concerns behind their limited willingness to speak out. Cambodia may believe it benefits from the takeover as international attention shifts to Myanmar. They can all agree, though, that fallout from the coup is damaging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a time when the broader regional order is in flux.

Wages of Crime
These trends pose three key threats to Southeast Asian law enforcement.
First will be a growing presence of Chinese transnational criminal actors. As USIP has discussed elsewhere, the Chinese triads have already become deeply embedded in Southeast Asia countries, exploiting weakness in governance to operate cross-border illegal gambling operations, cross-border crypto-currency scams or other forms of cross-border fraud.

With conflict exploding in Myanmar, these networks will seek to tap into markets for small arms while expanding their involvement in trafficking drugs and wildlife. Online chat forums established largely for illegal online casinos already indicate this shift toward more nefarious forms of crime, compounded by signs that armed actors inside Myanmar are accelerating their plunder of already scarce forests and wildlife to generate revenue.

A second threat will be to the financial system, as the transnational criminal organizations seek to launder their illicit gains through online transfer applications and underground exchange businesses. Responding to this threat will be particularly tricky, as humanitarian needs will increasingly require informal transfers across borders.

Third, as the region’s illicit economy is dominated by transnational Chinese crime groups, Beijing will likely seek to further extend its security presence in the region as it has along the Mekong since the Mekong River Massacre of 2011, which saw 13 Chinese nationals killed in the Golden Triangle region between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.
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Why the Tatmadaw won’t crack in Myanmar
While the world gasps at the Myanmar military's brutal crackdown, there is little hope for a soldier-led mutiny or countercoup

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CHIANG MAI – A military coup that overthrows a democratically elected government and sparks three months of nationwide protests and strikes. More than 700 people including children as young as five shot and killed as security forces fire into crowds of anti-military demonstrators.

Thousands of people, among them not only politicians, activists and journalists but also some of the nation’s best-known singers, movie stars and celebrities arrested on various trumped-up charges. An economy on its knees with non-performing banks and foreign investors running for the exits.

Such a litany would normally be enough to bring down any coup-installed government through a counter-coup or some other action by a military’s top brass who could see the self-defeatism of trying to cling to power when nearly the entire population is opposed to your takeover and rule.
But not in Myanmar.

https://asiatimes.com/2021/04/why-the-t ... d7ff190aa4
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Earlier this month the Tatmadaw called a cease fire to the unnecessary slaughter/murder of its civilians
the demonstrations/ protests continue



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Anti junta demonstration in Myanmar returns to central Yangon

Interview: Myanmar Police Take Unyielding Detainees in Handcuffs For ‘Beatings And Torture’

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Shwe Yamin Htet, 17, and her mother Sandar Win were arrested by Myanmar security forces on April 14 in Yangon’s Sanchaung township as they made their way home after participating in a morning protest in the commercial hub’s downtown area. The following day, authorities sent them to an interrogation center in Shwepyitha township. At the interrogation center, Shwe Yamin Htet was housed with other detainees, including a young women who was brutally beaten and assaulted. Authorities released Shwe Yamin Htet on Tuesday, though her mother and five others who were arrested together were charged with defamation of the state under Section 505(a) of Myanmar’s Penal Code with and sent to Insein Prison on Yangon’s outskirts.

In an exclusive interview with RFA’s Myanmar Service, Shwe Yamin Htet told reporter Aung Aung Soe about being verbally and sexually harassed by a policeman at the No. 24 police Station in Sanchaung township before she was transferred to the interrogation center. She also recounted the story of a fellow detainee who said she was brutally beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted by a soldier at the interrogation center. The Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanma ... 81201.html

Myanmar army defector Hein Thaw Oo insisted there are more who want to defect: “If you ask them if they want to get out, they’d get out, dancing,” the major said

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An army major who recently broke rank has described Myanmar’s military as an institution rife with rank- and class-based discrimination, a reality that he said had made soldiers consider defecting prior to the February 1 coup.

Major Hein Thaw Oo, of the Meikhtila-based Light Infantry Division (LID) 99, was the highest-ranking known defector from the military at the time of reporting.

He abandoned the military after 20 years and joined the anti-junta Civil Disobedience (CDM) on March 24.
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/mya ... ector-says

At the ASEANSummit on Myanmar @ASEAN leaders must make it clear to Min Aung Hlaing: Public address loudspeaker STOP violence and arrests!

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Problem Child Myanmar gained admittance to ASEAN in 1997, and since that time it has been an embarrassment to other member nations, particularly in their relations with the West.

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to all those that drive:
BOYCOTT Chevron:::
Chevron is trading bodies and blood of the people in Burma for $536 million dollars of revenue they will get from the military.” If you are buying gas from Chevron you are part of the slaughter and mass murder.

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Cambodia PM HE calls for "quiet negotiation" toward a peaceful solution in #MyanmarCoup crisis to put an end to the "bloodshed and the losses of civilian lives," according to state media TVK, which addresses Min Aung Hlaing separately as "the head of Myanmar military".

sources say ASEAN leaders at today’s summit attended by Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing have reached consensus on 5 points:

- ending violence
- starting dialogue
- humanitarian assistance
- special envoy
- release of political prisoners

Lets see if this comes true?
and what the junta will do moving forward? Elections??
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how was the talk with the monster?

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BUT nothing about the 3, 389 still held in dentation
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Taking responsibility for the 748 innocent people murdered!!
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the 1,138 evading arrest warrant

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This from a President who ignored all warnings about the sham reform process, lifted sanctions on the military, and ignored warnings of escalating human rights violations against the Rohingya. Obama dumped human rights in Burma as a foreign policy priority. Own your mistakes.

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You haven't updated this thread in almost a week @phuketrichard - While I do try to follow Myanmar events through other means, I often come to this thread to see what the latest is, usually through your posts.

I do hope you intend to keep this thread going.
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