Opponents of coup in Myanmar say they do not believe in ASEAN while visiting envoys ASEAN News

Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup have said they believe in regional diplomatic efforts to end the country’s crisis, as two ASEAN envoys have joined military authority Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyidaw.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has led a major international diplomatic effort in Myanmar to find a way out of the crisis since the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on February 1st.

“We have little confidence in ASEAN’s efforts. All our hopes have been dashed, ”said Moe Zaw Oo, a foreign deputy minister in the National Shadow Union (NUG) who described the military as treacherous and called its members“ terrorists ”.

“I don’t think they have a strong plan for their credibility,” he said Friday about ASEAN.

Moe Zaw Oo gave an internet conference at a press conference that was interrupted throughout Myanmar.

Two sources who refused to identify him for security reasons told authorities that Reuters had ordered the closure.

On Friday, military leader Min Aung Hlaing met with ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi and ASEAN President for Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof Brunei, as led by the Myawaddy TV army.

The report said the meeting discussed co-operation on humanitarian issues, the country’s stability after the election and the alleged irregularities that led to military intervention in last year’s election.

The country is in chaos

The military that ruled Myanmar from 1962 to 2011 promised to return democracy within two years.

The visit was part of a five-point consensus at a meeting of bloc leaders in Jakarta in late April, attended by Min Aung Hlaing and celebrated by ASEAN as a breakthrough.

ASEAN has not yet announced the visit and it was not immediately clarified whether the envoys intended to join the military or other agents.

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Myanmar has been plunged into chaos since the coup, with strikes, boycotts and protests across the country halting the economy and tens of thousands of people displaced by the military and heavy fighting between ethnic minority rebels and newly formed militias.

According to an activist group, at least 845 people have been killed by security forces and more than 4,500 have been jailed. The military has discussed these data.

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, is among those arrested, indicted in two courts, for violating coronavirus tapes and illegally importing walkie-talkies, for violating the law on official secrets, up to 14 years in prison.

His lawyer appeared concerned on Friday that he had no legal representative in the most serious cases, and Sean Turnell is also his Australian economic adviser, but he listed them all as a representative.

“We are concerned that they will have no legal representation and no transparency,” Khin Maung Zaw told Reuters.

The NUG, made up of pro-democracy groups and supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party, said on Friday that it would end the conflict in Myanmar and write a new federal constitution, but that it would first defeat military coup leaders.

Defense Minister Khin Ma Ma Myo NUG said militias called “People’s Defense Forces” have been set up across the nation but need to work alongside existing armed groups.

“The NUG government will demand a war someday. When that moment comes, we need to work together to defeat the board, ”he said.

“At the moment, it’s not important who the leader is, it’s important to defeat the ordinary enemy – the terrorist regime.”

Meanwhile, protests continued across the country on Saturday, including in the city of Mandalay, where hundreds of people took to the streets to denounce the military leadership and demand the restoration of democracy.

Similar protests were also reported on social media in Launglon municipality (Tanintharyi Division) on Saturday, while residents of Saitaung in Hpakant went on candle strike on Friday evening.