Teaser - Understanding Burma's coup w/ Carlos Sardiña Galache

On the 1st of February, the Burmese military launched a coup d'état
against the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and the National
League for Democracy which had been returned to power in November
in a landslide victory. Alleging electoral fraud, the Tatmadaw's
leader Min Aung Hlaing promised that military rule would last for
one year and then be followed by new elections. The coup has
perplexed outside observers since Aung San Suu Kyi had done little
during her time in office to threaten the power of the Tatmadaw and
had defended the military's atrocities against the Muslim Rohingya
people in Rakhine State. To make sense of the coup I spoke with
journalist Carlos Sardiña Galache. Become a £5 PTO supporter to get
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