Are the military leaders trying to exploit the public leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is blocked by the current political crisis? Sources in Nay Pyi Taw prison said that the public leader in the Nay Pyi Taw prison was transferred to the government building which was situated in Nay Pyi Taw Township.
The military council that seized power on February 1, 2021, replaced the President, The State Counselor was arrested and members of parliament from the National League for Democracy, which won the election, were arrested. In addition to Aung San Suu Kyi’s bodyguards, officials from the charity school opened by Aung San Suu Kyi were also arrested and killed and the money stolen.
As a prominent example, the junta arrested Zaw Thet Lin, the principal of Su Vocational Institute (Shwe Pyitha Township) in 2021. He was arrested on March 8th, and on March 9th, only his dead body was returned to his family after being tortured and brutally killed by Junta Military. Min Aung Hlaing’s military group has not been able to rule the country with certainty until more than two years after the coup.
In the present Kayah state, Military council can rule only one Loikaw township. In Chin State, only about 20 percent of the state can be ruled by the military council. In addition, the whole country has opened a war front, Juntas are facing uncontrollable situations. Sagaing, Magwe Division are where many people joined the army before the coup, now in this area, the military council issued martial laws and began to admit that their territorial dominance was weakening.
The military council, faced with such a waste of power, began to try to use Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whom they hated so much. At the time of the coup, the military council thought it could be suppressed by relying on weapons. So, they made so many sections on Aung San Suu Kyi likes Communications Law, Export Import Law Natural Disaster Management Law Anti-Corruption Law; Article 130D of the Penal Code National Secrets Act because their purpose is to locked up her in prison forever. That’s why they didn’t allowed to meet her with international diplomats, including the UN’s special representative for Myanmar, Nolan Heza.
Now, in addition to the increasing international pressure, the destruction of the army’s forces, Disobedience of orders and rebellions within the army led to the military council, which had become loose on both sides, began to try to use Aung San Suu Kyi, who they had tried to undermine. Now we see that news about Aung San Suu Kyi is being unknowingly released to the public and the international community.
Last July 9th, Junta allowed Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai who visited Nay Pyi Taw. The Military Council was initially silent about this, but after the Thai Foreign Minister made a statement at the July 12th ASEAN meeting, on July 13th, General Zaw Min Tun, the spokesperson of the Military Council, admitted that Aung San Suu Kyi and the Thai Foreign Minister met for an hour and a half. Details were not disclosed by either side.
After the meeting with the Thai Foreign Minister, news emerged that the Military Council met with Aung San Suu Kyi and the current Hluttaw Speaker Ti Khun Myat again in these days. In addition, according to reports, he is also likely to meet with the Chinese government’s special representative for Asian affairs, Deng Xijun, who is visit to Nay Pyi Taw. But there are still points that the military council denies. Whether they had been seen it or not, it appears that the news was published on purpose.
As the People’s Revolution changed from a war of resistance to an attack, the Military Council began to try to use Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was considered to be their last trump card. However, the generals led by Min Aung Hlaing must remember that Than Shwe, one of the longest-serving military dictators, handed over power to general Thein Sein in 2010 and formed a semi-civilian, semi-soldier government, which was even considered by the international community to be the gentlest transfer of power.
Than Shwe handed over power in 2010, and the most widespread protests during Than Shwe’s government occurred in 2007. At that time, technology was behind, Due to the slow flow of information, public participation was weak, and the military was able to brutally suppress the protests, and in 2010, they were able to quietly hand over power.
During Min Aung Hlaing’s coup, everything was in the age of technology, and during the spring revolution more than two years ago, the military council troops were falling, the collapse and the war council are heading towards the end of the war. So Aung San Suu Kyi is the last weapon for the military council. It will be treated as a last resort. Now, there is a question whether the military council is planning to throw Aung San Suu Kyi out again.
Yours respectfully,
Naung Yoe