Japan gave 14 billion yen free of charge last year
Susie’s release and return to civil administration seem to appeal
Myanmar Police, Naepido, Yangon, etc.
Water cannons and rubber bullets launched at protesters
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The Sankei Shimbun reported on the 9th, citing multiple government officials, that the Japanese government is considering suspending or reducing economic assistance to Myanmar, which has caused a coup.
According to reports, the Japanese government decided to decide whether to suspend or reduce support after carefully monitoring the local situation and trends in the international community such as the United States and Europe.
Until now, the Japanese government has conducted preliminary investigations on the maintenance of ports, airports and urban railways in Myanmar as a loan project in yen. Projects such as sanitizing water and strengthening airport quarantine are also being reviewed with free support in accordance with the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) countermeasures. In the case of last year, Japan provided a loan of 170 billion yen (about 1.8 trillion won) in yen and a free fund of 14 billion yen. First of all, Japan is planning to appeal for the release of national advisor Aung San Suu Kyi and return to the civil administration by utilizing the connections with the military forces in Myanmar, which caused the coup, Sankei said.
Meanwhile, foreign media reported, citing witnesses, that the Myanmar police fired a rubber bullet after firing a warning fire in the air to disperse the protesters protesting the coup in the capital Naepido on the 9th. One eyewitness told AFP that he saw several people injured, saying, “After two warning shots were fired into the air, the police fired rubber bullets at the protesters.”
On this day, the police also fired water cannons at the protesters. The use of water cannons against protesters in Naepido is the second day following the previous day. The use of water cannons took place while the Myanmar military regime announced its policy of “penalizing illegal acts” on state TV the day before and imposed martial law and banning assembly of five or more people in some areas such as Yangon, the largest city and Mandalay, the second city.
However, despite the ban on assembly, large-scale coup protests have continued for the fourth day in Yangon and other places in Myanmar. Myanmar’s military government took power in a coup on the 1st for the reason that serious misconduct occurred in the general election last November, but the government failed to properly investigate it.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]
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