Myanmar will hold an election, military junta promises
The military group denies its ousting of an elected government was a coup or that its leaders were detained
16 February 2021 - 16:19
Myanmar’s military junta guaranteed on Tuesday that it would hold an election and hand over power, denied its ousting of an elected government was a coup or that its leaders were detained, and accused protesters of violence and intimidation.
The junta’s defence of its February 1 seizure of power and arrest of government leader Aug San Suu Kyi and others came as protesters again took to the streets and as China dismissed rumours spreading on social media that it had helped with the coup...
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