Myanmar junta extends state of emergency for six months

Min Aung Hlaing, the chairman of the State Administration Council, requested the military government to allow him to serve for an additional 6 months, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported.

The members of the junta’s National Defense and Security Council unanimously supported the proposal, it said.

On 1 February 2021, following a military coup in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of Myanmar and its new State Leader, declared a state of emergency lasting one year. (ILKHA)