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Acting President Duwa Lashi La says that the NUG government would like to work together with ASEAN in solving the issues of Myanmar

Acting President Duwa Lashi La said at the 74th Cabinet Meeting of the National Unity Government on November 15 that the NUG government would like to work together with ASEAN in solving the issues of Myanmar.

“The most recent ASEAN summit resulted in some positive outcomes for our National Unity Government and the Myanmar Spring Revolution. I understand that this is due to the efforts of the members of the National Unity Government and the political zeal of all citizens of Myanmar. In solving the issue of Myanmar, our government emphasizes the political consensus of the people of Myanmar, and I would like to reiterate that our government wants to cooperate with ASEAN,” said the Acting President.

In addition, the Acting President added that the National Unity Government welcomes and recognizes East Timor, which has reached an agreement to become the 11th member of ASEAN.

The NUG Minister of Human Rights says that there is absolutely no reason for the Spring Revolution to fail

U Aung Myo Min, Union Minister of Human Rights, commented on the anti-military youth strike in November that there was absolutely no reason for the Spring Revolution to fail.

“I praise the young people and their ideas that are not included in Gene Sharp’s political defiance methods that I studied in the 1988–1990s. The revolution of the people, whose spirit is strong and whose ideas are full of excitement, is absolutely not going to fail,” said the Union Minister.

In the military coup of February 1, 2021, the Spring Revolution emerged along with the public movement against the military dictatorship.

The plan of the military council to deceive the international community and the public will no longer succeed

U Naing Htoo Aung, Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of the National Unity, said at the “Decisional Battle in which the people are participated” discussion held on November 14 that the plan of the military council to deceive the international community and the public will no longer succeed.

“Military affairs have become an integral part of the process of revolutionizing the military council and establishing a federal democracy union. Military affairs are important at the moment. Another thing is that the military council’s attempt to deceive the international community and the public is now at the stage where its results are no longer successful,” he said.

At present, the leaders of the terrorist military council are not allowed to attend ASEAN meetings and related meetings.

At the United Nations, Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun states that there are 126 cases where the death penalty was imposed in Myanmar, and 42 of them were imposed in absentia

At the third committee on the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, U Kyaw Moe Tun, the Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, said during the voting on the draft resolution “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty” that there had been so far 126 cases of death sentences imposed by the military-affiliated tribunals since the coup, and 42 of them had been imposed in absentia.

The ambassador stated that after the illegal military coup, there were 84 people on death row who were subject to the lawless killings by the military junta.

In addition, the ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun also stated that the Myanmar military is using the death penalty based on discriminatory laws that target a person’s fundamental rights.

Two civilians who were returning from feeding cows outside the village were killed by artillery shells fired by the 550 Battalion of the junta military based in Ponnagyun

On November 14, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) released a report stating that two civilians who were returning from feeding cows outside the village were killed by artillery shells fired by the 550 Battalion of the junta military based in Ponnagyun.

It states, “Aye Soe Thein and Kyar Chay, from Di Par Yone village, Ponnagyun Township in Rakhine State, returned from releasing cows outside the village. When they were returning, an artillery shell exploded close to them, fired by Ponnagyun based Battalion 550. Aye Soe Thien died as a result of the explosion, having been fatally injured in the head. Kyar Chay was further seriously injured, having broken his collarbone and dislocated his right hip, and died on the way to the hospital.”

Since the military coup, a total of 2,451 people have been killed during the spring revolution.

Myanmar Nway-Oo University is working to offer distance learning classes

In November, the Myanmar Nway-Oo University (MNOU) announced that it was working to offer distance learning classes.

It states, “Not only the final year class, but also the remaining classes and distance learning classes are being worked on. Due to technological limitations, this final year class is being offered as a pilot program. The MNOU is working hard to open the remaining classes and distance learning classes in the future. In addition, the MNOU will continue to offer core curriculum courses for those who have already completed their basic education and short courses for all the people who want to study knowledge and vocational skills.”

The final year students who are the first batch of day courses offered by the Myanmar Nway-Oo University (MNOU) enrolled in the MES platform will be able to start studying their respective subject lessons on the LMS (Moodle) platform from Tuesday, November 22, 2021.

Almost 40,000 houses and buildings have been burned down by the terrorist military nationwide

In November, the Institute for Strategy and Policy–Myanmar (ISP–Myanmar) released a report that stated that almost 40,000 houses and buildings across the country had been burned down by the terrorist military.

It states, “As of October 31 of this year, since the military coup, at least 38,568 houses and buildings had been burned down in 81 townships across the country. Among them, at least 6,599 houses and buildings were burned down in Shwebo Township in Sagaing Division and Myaing Township in Magway Division, which were the most.”

The terrorist military targeted civilian houses and burned down entire villages, the majority of which occurred in the Sagaing and Magway Divisions. 

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