Burma: the vice-governor of the Central Bank injured by bullet

Burma's junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, who overthrew the elected government in a February 1 coup, presides over a military parade on Armed Forces Day, March 27, 2021. REUTERS - Stringer.

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In Burma, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank was injured by gunfire.

The attack at his home has not been claimed.

Militias regularly target civil servants and business leaders known to be close to the ruling junta. 

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The attack on Deputy Governor Than Than Swe comes a few days after this decision by the central bank: any Burmese with foreign currency is ordered to bring it back to the bank and exchange it for local currency, on pain of prosecution. judicial.

The ruling junta lacks foreign currency to repay its debts and to stock up on hydrocarbons.

It is also under international sanctions. 

Just over a year ago, generals overthrew Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup.

They have since led a bloody repression against any form of opposition.

Thousands of people were reportedly killed or arrested. 

But militias have organized themselves and are carrying out attacks against personalities known to be close to the junta.

Last November, a senior official of

, a company controlled by the military, was shot dead outside his home in Yangon, the economic capital of Burma. 

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