In Myanmar, the army that issued martial law in some areas is intensifying the crackdown on demonstrators who continue protesting, and the forces opposed to the army are "crisis of civil war", and the international community has united the army I appealed to increase the pressure on.

In Myanmar, where protests against the military continue, the military is increasing the crackdown on civilians, while demonstrators also throw flame bottles and smoke bombs to resist, and clashes are reported in various places on the 18th. ..



Under these circumstances, Mr. Sasa, a UN special envoy appointed by the "Committee Representing Political Assembly" organized by members of the political party led by Mr. Aung San Suu Kyi, responded to an interview with NHK from the hiding place on the 18th. ..



In this, Mr. Sasa described the current situation as "a crisis of civil war" and urged the international community to unite and increase pressure on the military.



"It is correct to declare these forces as free warriors, and our common enemy is the dictatorship of the army," Sasa said of the armed groups of ethnic minorities in the country. I called again to fight.

Meanwhile, commander Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the army who carried out the coup d'etat, said at an online conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the 18th that the current system of military governance is official for each country. I appealed to be a representative.