UN secretary-general calls for end to 'deplorable' violence in Myanmar

FILE PHOTO: In this file aerial photo taken on October 29, 2021, smoke rises from fires in Thantlang in Chin State, where more than 160 buildings have been destroyed by shelling from junta military troops, according to local media. - AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar's military rulers must put an end to the "deplorable" violence inflicted on the population since 2021 and find a "credible path" back to civilian government, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday (Oct 27).

Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur, Guterres said the military takeover had not only "piled calamity upon calamity" on Myanmar but also threatened regional stability.