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Calls for international sanctions against the head of Myanmar's military have intensified after Monday's coup. The main target is Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who visited Adani's massive Mundra port in July 2019, exchanging gifts with officials.

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A report submitted by Justice for Myanmar, a movement which aims to expose systemic oppression and human rights violations in the country, on December 20, 2020, released details regarding the involvement of Viettel and other international businesses in the Myanmar telecommunications sector.

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Lundi à l’aube, les Birmans se sont réveillés avec effroi à la nouvelle d’un putsch perpétré par l’armée, qui contestait la massive victoire de la Ligue nationale pour la démocratie (LND) en novembre dernier. À Bangkok, les immigrés se mobilisent.

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Vor dem Putsch verdienten Firmen aus Österreich in Burma mit Drohnen und Seilbahnen gutes Geld. Vor vier Jahren war Aung Hlaing noch selbst in Wien - als Gast des Bundesheeres.

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Hari masih gelap saat Tatmadaw atau militer Myanmar bergerak pada Senin, 1 Februari 2021 kemarin. Mereka menangkap dan menahan pemimpin de facto Aung San Suu Kyi, Presiden Win Mynt, serta sejumlah tokoh partai penguasa NLD.

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By around 6 a.m. on February 1, it was clear to Thinzar Shunlei Yi that the coup d’etat had begun. Since November, the Burmese army, known as the Tatmadaw, had been disputing the results of Myanmar’s general election, in which its civilian proxy, the USDP, had been roundly beaten.

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Myanmar’s military has terminated the country’s short-lived experience with democracy by removing democratically elected leader Suu Kyi on Monday. In September last year, Amnesty International published an investigative report into how international business was linked to Myanmar's military financing.

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Ngày 8 tháng 11 năm 2020, bất chấp tình trạng lây nhiễm virus corona gia tăng, các cử tri trên khắp Myanmar vẫn đeo khẩu trang, găng tay và khăn che mặt, đến bỏ phiếu trong cuộc tổng tuyển cử dân chủ thứ hai của đất nước kể từ khi kết thúc chế độ quân sự vào năm 2011.

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The party of Aung San Suu Kyi has called for her immediate release and for Myanmar’s 2020 election results to be acknowledged by the military, which took power in a coup on Monday.

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Journalists in Myanmar reported that phone and mobile services went dark, military vehicles were seen on city streets, and the state television network MRTV was unable to broadcast.