Myanmar’s junta targeting members of NLD

17 August 2021
Myanmar’s junta targeting members of NLD
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Myanmar’s junta is targeting members of the deposed National League for Democracy (NLD), including its leaders and dozens of lawmakers, in a bid to disband the party and secure its tenuous hold on power ousted lawmakers and analysts said Monday, according to an RFA report.

A member of the NLD’s Central Committee told RFA’s Myanmar Service that the military regime has arrested a total of 324 NLD members—98 of whom are members of parliament (MPs)—since its Feb. 1 coup d’état.

Among the detained are 15 members of the NLD’s Central Committee, as well as five regional and state chief ministers, the committee member said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to security concerns.