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Nicknamed ‘Mayor of Yangon, Mandalay & Naypyitaw’ in sarcastic reference to his regime’s significant territory losses to anti-regime groups, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing reiterated his call for central regional Yangon govt officials to protect commercial capital at a security development meeting on Tuesday. Yangon Command chief Major-Gen Zaw Hein reported arrests of anti-regime fighters, seizures of weapons at the same meeting who survive a assassination plan, referring to anti-regime ambushe.“terrorist dens”.
The guerilla attacks targeting former military officers & close to regime were frequent in Yangon until mid-2023. Attacks on junta targets, as well as flash mob protests take place from time to time in Yangon. Pitching poll to UN reps Junta Foreign Minister Than Swe brief for Myanmar-based UN agencies in Naypyitaw on Tues. UN agencies in Myanmar had no choice but appalled silence on Tues as junta’s foreign minister sought support for “election” being fuelled by war crimes, briefing in Naypyitaw, Than Swe urged UN reps to info junte activities & situation in Myanmar to int'l community “a objective and impartial manner.”

He also gave details of junta’s ongoing census campaign to compile voter lists for election, it plans to hold next year added regime had invited anti-regime groups to resolve conflict by participating in election, briefing came less than 2-mths after UN investigators reported crimes against humanity committed by Myanmar military have “escalated at an alarming rate”. Report doc aerial attacks on civilian targets including sch, religious buildings & hospitals.

since Feb 2021 coup have killed over 1,700 civilians & wounded more than 2,400 as of Aug 31 this year, the independent resource says junte has detained over 27,000 opponents, with more than 21,000 still in detention, the political. Prisoners condemnation int''l community, UN & ASEAN, has failed to halt regime’s campaign of war crimes against civilians, junta is hit by UN censure or resolutions.