US EditionMyanmar’s military leader puts in rare appearance at event honoring Aung San Suu Kyi’s father
YANGON, MYANMAR, JUL 19 – Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended Martyrs' Day for the first time since the 2021 coup as the military prepares for elections amid ongoing conflict, officials said.
- Senior General Min Aung Hlaing made a rare appearance at a Martyrs' Day ceremony in Yangon honoring independence hero General Aung San on Saturday.
- The ceremony commemorated Aung San's 1947 assassination months before Burma's independence, while the military government prepares elections amid ongoing conflict.
- Min Aung Hlaing and senior officials placed flowers at the Martyrs' Mausoleum while residents in Yangon honored the independence leaders by sounding their car horns and sirens precisely at 10:37 a.m., marking the time of the 1947 attack.
- Humanitarian groups estimate nearly 7,000 killed and over 29,000 arrested since the army seized power in February 2021, though the military calls these figures exaggerated.
- The military's upcoming election later this year is largely regarded as a move to endorse its hold on power, even as armed clashes persist throughout much of the nation.
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Myanmar junta chief attends Aung San memorial for first time since 2021 coup, daughter Suu Kyi remains jailed
YANGON, July 19 — Myanmar's junta chief today attended annual commemorations for the country's assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago.Known affectionately as “Bogyoke” (General), Aung San led Myanmar's battle for independence from Britain but was gunned down in July 1947, just months before his dream was finally realised.His daughter Aung San Suu Kyi — who was two at the time of…
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