Armed rebels and solidarity in martial law and arson… ‘Clock Zero’ Chaos Myanmar

The coup in Myanmar is falling into an unpredictable aspect of chaos.

Martial law was declared in parts of Yangon in the worst bloodshed after the coup.

The UN Security Council urged to refrain from reckless use of violence three days ago, and two days ago, Quad leaders of the four countries of the United States, Japan, Australia and India jointly stressed that “the restoration of democracy is urgently needed” at the first summit. It was mentioned in the statement, but to no avail.

It is expected that even a large-scale arson will occur, which will lead to further suppression of violence.

However, the people who demand the restoration of democracy are showing no signs of withdrawal.

In addition, as the state adviser of Suu Kyi Aung San suggests solidarity with the armed rebels of minority ethnic groups, there is also a prospect that the confrontation of’strong rivers’ could become steeper.

According to local media and foreign media on the 15th, at least 39 people were killed as the military and police again indiscriminately fired at protesters condemning the coup the day before.

It is the number of deaths since the coup on the 1st of last month.

The military government has since declared martial law in two densely populated areas, including Hlaing Taya and Shepita in Yangon, the largest city, state media reported.

Although it was imposed in some areas of Yangon, as martial law gives full power to the military, it seems obvious that the level of violence in the military will rise further.

The first large-scale arson incident is also a factor of the situation.

According to the Chinese embassy in Myanmar the day before, it is known that many factories owned by the Chinese suffered arson and looting, and many Chinese were injured in Hlayingthaya, Yangon, where the industrial complex is located.

It is not yet known who is doing it.

It is also heard that dozens of unidentified people with weapons are crowded around in the group room of local residents, arson and vandalism in Chinese stores.

However, regardless of who it is doing, it seems that the military and police are more likely to use violence more strongly based on arson.

The Chinese embassy issued a statement and urged the police to take steps to ensure the safety of Chinese businesses and Chinese people, local media Irrawaddy reported.

There is also a story on local social media that the military government will cut off the Internet at all.

Currently, the military government does not allow Internet access only from 1 am to 9 am.

If the Internet, which was the’only window’ for accusing military violence to the international community, is completely blocked, the situation will inevitably worsen.

The civil government, led by Suu Kyi’s adviser, is increasing the intensity of the backlash.

Vice President Man Yun Kaing Tan, appointed by the CRPH, made his first public speech on Facebook at a hiding place on the 13th.

The CRPH was formed by members of the Democratic National Alliance (NLD), which was the ruling party of the Suu Kyi civil government, and was elected in the general election last November.

“It is the darkest moment in this country now, but the dawn is not far,” said a foreign press, saying in a Facebook speech by Acting Vice President Man Win Kaing Tan.

“This revolution is an opportunity for us to unite our forces in order to achieve the federal democracy that our brothers of all nations, who have been through the various oppressions of dictatorship for decades, truly desire.

He also said that the CRPH will push forward the necessary legislation to ensure that citizens have the right to protect themselves.

In this day’s speech,’federal democracy’ is noted. In this regard, the AFP communication explained that it would allow minorities to play a role in Myanmar’s ruling action.

Reuters reported that the CRPH is meeting representatives of minority militant groups that dominate various parts of Myanmar to realize federal democracy.

Vice President Man Yu Kaing Tan is also of minority Karen origin, Irrawaddy pointed out.

With the international community playing virtually no role, some observations may be made that the civil government is trying to use the’power’ of armed rebels to counter the muzzle of the military administration.

After the coup, the possibility of conflict between the military regime and the armed rebels of minority ethnic groups has been predicted.

Ten ethnic armed groups, which had previously signed a ceasefire agreement (NCA) with the government, announced on the 20th of last month to withhold negotiations with the military and support the movement to disobey the coup.

On the 11th, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a rebel of the Kachin ethnic minority ethnic group, attacked a military unit in the northern province of Kachin in Myanmar.

Then, it is known that the Myanmar Army mobilized a fighter the next day to counterattack.

Earlier, rebels belonging to the Karen People’s Union (KNU), a Karen rebel based in the southern Dawei region, escorted the march of protesters condemning the coup while armed with rifles.

While the military government continues to increase the intensity of bloody suppression amid the international community’s’only word of pressure’, attention is paid to whether the minority armed rebels will stand at the forefront of the military government by supporting the anti-coup resistance in Myanmar.

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