“Myanmar’s military junta has escalated night-time arrests of opponents, reviving a tactic from the country’s old military regime that human rights groups said was designed to instil fear following the coup on February 1. “
“The news came amid reports that some of the ex-convicts released from jails in a mass amnesty on Friday had set fires and caused disturbances in parts of Yangon, the largest city. The deployment of what some termed “mobs” revived bad memories of the regime’s use of provocateurs to sow havoc during Myanmar’s former military dictatorship in 1962-2011.”
“The military commander-in-chief seized power two weeks ago and declared a year-long state of emergency after making unfounded claims of widespread fraud in the elections in November. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy comprehensively defeated the Union Solidarity and Development Party, the military’s political proxy, in the vote.”
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