6th-7th march, 2021 #day34 #Day35

 

Myanmar social media users are furious about soldiers digging and disturbing the grave of a young girl who was killed in Mandalay’s protest at yesterday midnight. The 19-year-old Yunnan Chinese descendant Kyal Sin @Angel was shot in the head on March 3rd and buried by her family at the Chinese Cemetery in Mandalay. According to the Voice of Myanmar, soldiers came in droves at night and opened her grave soon after the announcement came from the state-owned Mandalay Daily and Myawaddy News that the military would investigate her death. People have expressed concern that the military would destroy the evidence as before. Others claims that the military council's attempt to investigate her death because it could jeopardize Sino-Burmese relations. The state-run news agency later announced that her body was operated with the family's permission and claimed that the bullet found on her head is not the same as the one used by security forces despite a footage of Mizzima media showing the moment she was shot in front of the protest line. When Mya Thwae Thwae Khine was shot to dead in Naypyidaw’s protest, the military gave similar reasons and denied that her death was not due to a police shooting. However, the military council ended the investigations without addressing who killed them. Both military council's explanations have been heavily criticized as the shape and size of the unused and used bullet could never be the same.

A photo taken with a CRPH-appointed special envoy and leaders of the KNU, one of the most powerful ethnic armed organisation, after their zoom meeting has gone viral on internet. The KNU is one of the leaders in the NCA peace process and has been a vocal critic of the military since the coup. The KNU has stated that it will not hold peace talks with the military council. Although neither side has announced about the details of the meeting, the public is speculating that the CRPH and the KNU are more likely to work together to pressure the council. The special envoy also said that he will meet with leaders of the RCSS, another powerful armed group based in Shan State. On the other hand, the Irrawaddy reports that 12 Ta'ang civil society groups have issued a letter of protest against the TNLA's decision of extending the unilateral ceasefire with the military.

Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, a CRPH leader and Rector, has been charged with treason by the military council under Section 122 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty. Under the article, all those associated with him will also be prosecuted. Dr Zaw Wai Soe, also an orthopedic surgeon, is considered as one of the most influential of the CRPH members and has always encouraged civil servants to perform CDM. In his letter, he urges all employees to do CDM by next Monday at latest if they want to avoid punishment when the NLD takeover the power. He also adds that all offices will be closed for 10 days from Monday.vAccording to CRPH announcement No. 9/2021, people's administrative groups have been formed in all townships in Yangon and Magway Regions. These groups will be formed with locals supporting the pro-democracy movement who will exercise self-government in their townships in defiance of military council orders.

According to several footages on social media, soldiers are being deploying in universities’ and religious compounds across the country. Moreover, soldiers and police are making more and more arrests at midnight. Some say that the military is trying to reduce the crackdown during the day and focus more on conducting raids at night. The military has informed the family of U Khin Maung Latt, the NLD ward chairman in Yangon who has been arrested last night, died this morning. He was a Muslim and was beaten to death by soldiers at the time of his arrest, according to Khit Thit Media. Other NLD township executive committee members' houses were also raided and destroyed last night. Fortify Rights claims that the military is planning to carry out over 1500 targeted arrests. The AAPP releases an announcement claiming that “detainees were punched and kicked with military boots, beaten with police batons, and then dragged into police vehicles.” Ko Naing Min Ko, 21, who was shot in the leg, was beaten to death by security forces in Mandalay. In addition, members of the military-backed USDP murdered the NLD township chairman and his 17-year-old nephew during the day in Pwint Phyu Township, Magway Region.

As of March 6, a total of 1,758 people has been arrested and 1,440 are still in prison, according to the AAPP. About 350 students from various universities, including Yangon University, who have been arrested on March 3, are still in Insein Prison and have not been allowed to see their family members. Under the existing law, they can only be detained for 24 hours without the court's order, but now they have been detained for more than 72 hours. Families and friends of the students have expressed concern about their safety and health on social media.

Soldiers are using Tiktok to distribute videos threatening civilians. At the urging of human rights groups, Tiktok announced that the videos would be banned from the pages for non-compliance with their rules. During the 2017 Rohingya uprising, a lot of hate speech was spread on Facebook. Following the CRPH's declaration of the military council as a terrorist group, some media groups have referred to soldiers and police as armed groups or armed groups of the military council or military regime.

The military council declares the Myitsone Hydropower Project site as the restricted area under Section 144 from March 1 to April 30, according to an order leaked on the internet. Many argue that the military council is more likely to restart the Myitsone hydropower project soon. The project had been planned to be implemented by a Chinese state-owned company, but was postponed due to strong public opposition under the previous Thein Sein government claiming that the project would affect the ecology of the Irrawaddy River, which is home to about 16 million people. The military council has hired a lobby group called Dickens & Madson Canada, led by former Israeli intelligence Ari Ben-Menashe, to improve relations with the military council and the West, according to Reuters. The lobby worked for Zimbabwe's notorious dictator Robert Mugabe before. The lobbyist has met twice with military council leaders in Naypyidaw since the coup and will focus on persuading the West to lift economic sanctions. According to him, the junta wants to withdraw from politics, the military leaders do not want to be China's puppet, and Aung San Suu Kyi is very close to the Chinese government, not many people in Myanmar do not support the current protest, the council is working to repatriate the Rohingya. However, hiring the lobbyist is in stark contrast to previous military’s claims that it was prepared for economic sanctions.