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‘People all over the country are united in opposition to the military government’
KHAING ZAR AUNG, president of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar, speaks to Liz Payne on the situation in her country and the role of the labour movement and people of Myanmar in the struggle against the military regime
Khaing Zar Aung, president of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar
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Please can you remind us of the circumstances that led to the military coup in your country and what support those who have seized power have got?
I will start by stating that the military in Myanmar do not have many supporters inside the country or indeed outside.
Since the start of military rule with the coup on February 1, millions of people have taken to the streets of Myanmar to show that they reject the coup … There are the supporters of the military-founded Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
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