In the spotlight: Min Aung Hlaing (centre) attending the 78th Armed Forces Day celebration in Naypyidaw. — AFP
Myanmar’s junta chief, flanked by tanks and missile launchers, vowed no let-up in a crackdown on opponents and said elections would be held, weeks after the military conceded it did not control enough territory to allow a vote.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government more than two years ago after making unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.
