Suu Kyi and President ‘in good health’ says Myanmar military
By AFP
17 February 2021 |
3:20 pm
The Burmese junta holds its first press conference since the coup on February 1 and says both ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the president are "in good health". Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun also seeks to assure that the army "will proceed in accordance with the law."
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