March 29, 2023
2 mins read

Grand display of Myanmar forces soon after US sanctions

The latest sanctions imposed by the United States on the country’s military regime and crony businesses target jet fuel for Myanmar’s armed forces….reports Asian Lite News

In a grand display of forces, Myanmar’s military Junta showcased a grand display of forces soon after the United States imposed sanctions on the ruling military for the current situation of the country, CNN reported.

The latest sanctions imposed by the United States on the country’s military regime and crony businesses target jet fuel for Myanmar’s armed forces. According to CNN, the US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it had sanctioned two people and six entities linked to Myanmar’s military for enabling the regime’s ongoing atrocities.

The display of forces on Monday marked the third time the military, also known as the Tatmadaw, has celebrated Armed Forces Day since overthrowing Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government.

She has since been sentenced to 33 years in prison in secretive trials that her lawyers claim are politically motivated.

Citing a video from state media, CNN reported that Myanmar’s Junta displayed not only forces but several types of equipment including tanks as well as rocket launchers.

The country has notably been torn apart by violence and economic paralysis in the two years since the coup.

The junta has cracked down on anti-coup protesters, arrested journalists and political prisoners, and executed several prominent pro-democracy activists, prompting condemnation from the United Nations and human rights organisations.

Myanmar has been mired in political violence since military leader Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a 2021 coup that upturned any hope the Southeast Asian nation of 55 million people would become a functioning democracy.

The coup was followed by a brutal military crackdown against pro-democracy protesters that saw civilians shot in the street, abducted in nighttime raids and allegedly tortured in detention.

The coup has also resulted in a surge in fighting between the military and a raft of resistance groups allied with long-established ethnic militias in a country that has been plagued for decades by insurgencies.

Resistance groups have repeatedly accused Myanmar’s military of carrying out mass killings, air strikes and war crimes against civilians in the regions where fighting has raged, charges the junta repeatedly denies – despite a growing body of evidence. (ANI)

ALSO READ: India’s G20 Presidency reaches milestone

Previous Story

Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi’s political party

Next Story

Imran addresses rally from new bulletproof container

Latest from -Top News

Pak Army Chief Targets India Again

This is not the first time that Munir has indulged in loose talk, exhibiting conduct unbecoming an officer….reports Asian Lite News Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on

Relief for Students: US Visa Cancellations Paused

More than 1,500 student visas have been cancelled so far…reports Asian Lite News The United States on Friday abruptly paused the cancellation of student visas issued to international students, according to reports.

Yunus Must Be Treated Like Hasina, Warn Islamists

Islamist group made these warnings to the interim government, terming the women’s reform body proposals as “anti-Islamic…reports Asian Lite News The radical Islamist group in Bangladesh, Hefazat-e-Islam, has issued a threat, stating

UN: Bring Pahalgam Terrorists to Justice

The members of the Security Council “stressed that those responsible for these killings should be held accountable..reports Asian Lite News The Security Council has “condemned in the strongest terms” the Pahalgam terrorist
Go toTop

Don't Miss

Biden pardons US veterans convicted under military ban on gay sex

Biden’s proclamation grants clemency to some 2,000 people who were

Lawmaker to introduce Bill to make Diwali holiday in US

If the bill gets approval, the holiday would be observed