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Yangon, Feb 16 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar police filed an additional charge Tuesday against the country’s former state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, ousted from power Feb. 1 in a military coup.Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, told EFE the former leader is facing the charge of violating the country’s natural disaster management law.The military rulers also shut down the country’s internet Tuesday for the second consecutive day, while tanks and armed troops deployed on streets since Sunday have increased tension amid massive protests against the coup. (Camera: NYEIN CHAN NAING).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Myanmar, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar military rulers have formally annulled the Nov.8 election results, claiming widespread irregularities by the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) of Aung San Suu Kyi, state media reported Tuesday.The military claimed that a probe found 11.3 million fraud cases in the elections swept by the NLD. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI, PEOPLE VOTING AND ANTI COUP PROTESTS.
Some 100 protesters march briefly in Yangon's Tamwe township, chanting “let’s end military dictatorship” and “let’s root out the fascist army”. A flag representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is also burned. ASEAN has led diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Myanmar, but the regional bloc is not known for its diplomatic clout, and observers have questioned how effectively it can influence events in the country. Meanwhile, the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony in a junta court Monday, more than four months after February's military coup. The junta has brought a variety of charges against the Nobel laureate, from illegally accepting 11 kilograms of gold to breaking a colonial-era secrecy law. IMAGES
Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.