Military Coup in Myanmar

[-Astoria-]

Not me, lol.

not you, the newbie salvationist or whatever

They aren't a newbie; check the sig.

[Valentine Z]

@ Diahon: Oops lol, my bad!

On the note of the Tatmadaw being the most understanding and peaceful military in the world:

On Oct 29 2021, Thantlang of Chin State is once again under attack by the Myanmar military junta. Heavy artillery shelling have resulted in massive fires and set ablaze to over 130 homes, including two churches. Junta troops began bombarding Thantlang around 9:30 am local time and continued till late in the evening.

Previously, on Sept 18, the same town was also ruthlessly set on fire, forcing many residents to flee. A pastor was also killed by the junta troops for trying to put out the fire.

Thantlang is home to about 12,000 people.

I have actually missed quite a lot of developments, assuming that it would have been relatively peaceful. I tried my best to ignore it, especially when I'm here and can't do anything for my home and my friends and relatives, perhaps other than sending aid in the form of money and food donations.

[American Salvation]

so the tatmadaw understander has arrived, fanfuckingtastic

All i did was call out someones false claim of them burning "civilians".

not you, the newbie salvationist or whatever

They aren't a newbie; check the sig.

I was waiting for someone to start the "HAH! It's Relden! We unmasked him, guys!", as they always do.

[-Astoria-]

I was waiting for someone to start the "HAH! It's Relden! We unmasked him, guys!", as they always do.

Not exactly a large hue-and-cry, given that you've already explicitly mentioned it.

Simple deduction, you see.

[Diahon]

@ Diahon: Oops lol, my bad!

On the note of the Tatmadaw being the most understanding and peaceful military in the world:

On Oct 29 2021, Thantlang of Chin State is once again under attack by the Myanmar military junta. Heavy artillery shelling have resulted in massive fires and set ablaze to over 130 homes, including two churches. Junta troops began bombarding Thantlang around 9:30 am local time and continued till late in the evening.

Previously, on Sept 18, the same town was also ruthlessly set on fire, forcing many residents to flee. A pastor was also killed by the junta troops for trying to put out the fire.

Thantlang is home to about 12,000 people.

I have actually missed quite a lot of developments, assuming that it would have been relatively peaceful. I tried my best to ignore it, especially when I'm here and can't do anything for my home and my friends and relatives, perhaps other than sending aid in the form of money and food donations.

"x understander" usually means someone going to absurd extremes to excuse those they're defending from some stupid shit or other -- in this case, this national atrocity

[Diahon]

so the tatmadaw understander has arrived, fanfuckingtastic

All i did was call out someones false claim of them burning "civilians".

They aren't a newbie; check the sig.

I was waiting for someone to start the "HAH! It's Relden! We unmasked him, guys!", as they always do.

that someone says the tatmadaw deserve whatever hell comes its way

[American Salvation]

"x understander" usually means someone going to absurd extremes to excuse those they're defending from some stupid shit or other -- in this case, this national atrocity

I literally referred to them as war criminals.

Don't start spreading false things just because i don't subscribe to the narrative that the military only murders innocent, unarmed civilians.

[Diahon]

"x understander" usually means someone going to absurd extremes to excuse those they're defending from some stupid shit or other -- in this case, this national atrocity

I literally referred to them as war criminals.

Don't start spreading false things just because i don't subscribe to the narrative that the military only murders innocent, unarmed civilians.

i don't give a damned shit

[American Salvation]

i don't give a damned shit

Clearly, given you've ignored the main part of what i've posted, and have started making things up.

[-Astoria-]

No-one above the law, Myanmar junta minister says of Suu Kyi verdict

A senior Myanmar junta official said on Tuesday the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi showed that no one was above the law and the army chief had commuted her sentence on "grounds of humanity".

Information minister Maung Maung Ohn also told a virtual briefing that Myanmar's judicial system was impartial and Monday's sentencing of the Nobel laureate and former leader was according to the law.

Suu Kyi, 76, was sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and breaching coronavirus regulations but the military junta leaders reduced it to a two-year term of detention in her current location.

“There is no one above the law,” Maung Maung Ohn said, adding that Myanmar's judicial system "has no partiality".

He was speaking at a rare media briefing during which he and the junta’s investment minister said the situation in the country was stabilising.

Myanmar has been in crisis since the military seized power in a Feb.1 coup, arresting Suu Kyi and most of her government.

Security forces seeking to crush opposition have since killed more than 1,200 people, according to monitoring group the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, and armed rebellions have sprung up across the country.

On Sunday, security forces in a truck rammed into a flash mob protest in the commercial capital of Yangon, killing at least five people, the news website Myanmar Now reported.

Maung Maung Ohn said the protest was the result of pressure from anti-coup groups “so that young people get emotional” but that crowd management by authorities “is sometimes handled unintentionally”.

“Such kind of protests should be prevented according to the law,” he said.

The criminal charges against Aung San Suu Kyi are "bogus" and her "trial was 100% political from day one, & was done with clear intent to lock her away for good so she can never again contest military rule" says @hrw to @USATODAY #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/7wplkZScdh

— Phil Robertson (@Reaproy) December 6, 2021

[Diahon]

speaking of people above the law:

"Myanmar’s junta has burned another 61 houses in Thantlang Town, Chin State, with 23 houses on 08 Dec and 38 houses on 05 Dec. In total, there are 553 houses burned to the ground in the fire ignited by the shelling of rocket-propelling by the junta troops based at the town."

ah, yes, upholding the law in a town literally famous for its graveyards

[Diahon]

Heavy fighting between Tatmadaw and Karen National Liberation Army forces in Lay Kay Kaw, near the Thai border. Reports of refugees fleeing across border, with many more lost within forest, "not knowing where to flee".

[-Astoria-]

Heavy fighting between Tatmadaw and Karen National Liberation Army forces in Lay Kay Kaw, near the Thai border. Reports of refugees fleeing across border, with many more lost within forest, "not knowing where to flee".

d'oh, a Twitter link

About seven hundred people fled today into Thailand as a result.

[Kowani]

Aung San Suu Kyi, Win Myint both sentenced to four years in jail

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail, according to media reports.

A government spokesman told the AFP news agency on Monday that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate was found guilty of incitement and of violating COVID-19 rules. Zaw Min Tun said she received two years in prison on each of the two charges.

Former President Win Myint was also jailed for four years under the same charges, he said, adding that the pair will not be taken to prison yet.Zaw Min Tun said she received two years in prison on each of the two charges.

Former President Win Myint was also jailed for four years under the same charges, he said, adding that the pair will not be taken to prison yet. [...]Zaw Min Tun said she received two years in prison on each of the two charges.

Former President Win Myint was also jailed for four years under the same charges, he said, adding that the pair will not be taken to prison yet. Aung San Suu Kyi, detained as the generals seized control of the country on February 1, denies all the charges.

She’s also been convicted of two more charges related to illegally importing and owning walkie-talkies and one of breaking coronavirus rules, adding another 4 years in prison