Commander Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the army who carried out the coup in Myanmar, gave a speech to the public for the first time after the coup and reasserted the legitimacy of the military's actions, but State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi And did not mention protest demonstrations.

Commander Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the army, gave a speech to the public on state television for the first time since he held a coup d'etat on February 1st on the night of the 8th and detained state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. I did it.



In this, the commander pointed out that there was fraud in the general election last year, and said, "I asked the Election Commission, the president, and the parliament many times, but they refused, so it is a true constitutional law. I had to declare a state of emergency because of democracy, "he reiterated the legitimacy of the military's actions.



He made no mention of the state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, or the ongoing protests against the military.



In Myanmar, protests against the military are spreading all over the country, and in Yangon, the largest city, tens of thousands of people were demonstrated on the 8th, appealing for the release of Shu Qi and others.



Demonstrators are poised to continue demonstrating for a week in a row to increase pressure on the military.



In response, the military issued a curfew from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am in some areas of Yangon and some of the major cities of Mandalay in the central region, and issued a statement saying "judgment according to the law" to restrain it. , I am trying to suppress the protests.