Bill Richardson’s trip to Naypyidaw risks to be a total failure. On one side, as anticipated, his presence has been widely used by military media to legitimize the regime. On the other side, it is not clear what the trip is really abot. Danny Fenster’s situation seems even worse than before. He’s been denied bail and is now facing an additional charge.
The Junta stole one or two moves from North Korea’s use of foreign hostages.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
American journalist and Frontier Myanmar editor Danny Fenster, has been denied bail and is now facing an additional charge for overstaying his visa. He was arrested in Yangon International Airport while trying to exit the country after the coup.
Only 6 companies have made bids for 12 solar power projects in Myanmar. According to The Irrawady, among the bidders, there are cronies such as arms dealer U Aung Hlaing Oo (MCM Pacific Pte. Ltd.) and Steven Law (Asia World Group).
Vice general Soe Win was attending the meeting of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI). He used the platform to explain the legitimacy of the coup. Myanmar was excluded by last weeks ASEAN summit and it is not clear why a regime representative was allowed to this meeting.
Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing visited Mandalay today
CHIN STATE
Resistance fighters killed 10 regime soldiers in an ambush. 1 Resistance fighter killed.
Mindat: 73 year old Resistance fighter killed by regime soldiers
SAGAING
Kalay: over 50 regime soldiers killed by Resistance fighters in an intense battle today. No casualties on the Resistance side reported.
Kyunhla: airstrikes during last weekend have forced thousands civilians to flee.
Kawlin: 5 killed by regime soldiers
Myaung: a teenager shot and killed by regime soldiers
Myinmu: policemen killed
SHAN STATE
Pekon: nearly 4.000 civilians fleeing after clashes between Resistance fighters and regime soldiers.
Kunda: clashes between MNDAA and regime soldiers
Hu Suan, Kyaukme: over 1.500 internal displaced people, forced to flee by recent conflcts, are running out of food.
KAREN (KAYIN) STATE
Hpa An: ban on public gatherings of more than 5 people and, on public speeches and curfew from 10pm to 4am.
MANDALAY
Min Aung Hlaing visited Mandalay
MAGWAY
Regime authorities ordered motorcycles to be ridden by 1 man only, no passenger allowed. Women can ride with a second female passenger.
COVID DAILY (real numbers are believed to be much higher than officially reported)
955 new cases and 16 new deaths
AAPP Burma update (arrests and killings connected to the attempted military coup only, does not include events related to armed conflict)
1236 (+3) civilians killed since February 1st
9667 (+41) arrests since February 1st
1954 (+0) evading warrant
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