One year after Myanmar’s military coup, a countrywide ‘silent strike’ empties streets
PBS NewsHourMAR 28 2022
Aung San Suu Kyi stands accused of election interference and fraud, among other charges. The junta has restaffed the country's election commissions and renewed promises to hold new elections that will eliminate widespread fraud and restore trust in the democratic process.
The military coup removed a fairly elected government on the thinnest of pretenses. Meanwhile, Myanmar's trading partners, including China and India, are turning a blind eye to mass incarceration and violence against legitimate democratic protesters in order to safeguard supplies of oil and gas.