In the early morning of February 1, 2021, it was reported that Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor of Myanmar and the chairman of the NLD, was under house arrest by the Myanmar military. Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defense Forces . After the coup d'état, civil disobedience demonstrations and industrial strikes broke out across the country. The military had many bloody conflicts to suppress the protesters. According to statistics, 1,466 civilians have been killed by the military government and 8,589 people have been killed so far. He was detained, and Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 4 years in prison by the court on January 10 this year for two charges related to illegal importation and possession of walkie-talkies. On this episode of Abakaba South East Asia Radio, we talk to The Economist's Myanmar correspondent and Frontier Myanmar senior correspondent,

Zhou Haolin, who remained in Yangon after the coup until recently. He just left the country, and Haolin will review with us what happened after the coup in Myanmar over the past year. Looking back on Myanmar before the coup d'état, Zhou Haolin said earnestly and earnestly, "It seems to be another world." After the coup d'état broke out, the people at that time or his friends were very shocked by the coup d'état. Peaceful demonstrations give people an atmosphere that the military will pull back, and when the public sees that the military continues to maintain its stance firmly, wedding photo retouching services more and more armed protests have been launched after March. 47916q3yaye3af1y205s4q0du9z4g3 Photo Credit: Reuters/ Dazhi Image Demonstrators protest against a military coup in Yangon and demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 13, 2021. As for the response of local and foreign reporters in Myanmar to the post-coup d'état, Zhou Haolin recalled that February 1 was actually the first day he joined "Myanmar Frontline". Guiding principles", such as the word "coup" (coup d'état) should not appear in the report, so the first is the reduction of press freedom, and it is necessary to think about how to "report safely".

However, Zhou Haolin also emphasized that at that time, many Myanmar media still issued a joint statement under the pressure of the military, saying that they would continue to adhere to the principle of "press freedom" for interviews and reports. After the turmoil in the regime, Myanmar's economy and people's livelihood have also been impacted. Zhou Haolin pointed out that according to the "World Bank" statistics, Myanmar's GDP decreased by 20% last year (2021). However, in terms of international sanctions, due to precedents to follow, in order not to affect the economic life of Myanmar people, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union imposed sanctions Mostly for military-owned businesses. However, the departure of many foreign investors due to the unstable situation still indirectly affects the development of the industrial economy. Zhou Haolin said that on the one hand, the military did not expect a strong backlash from the public, and on the other hand, the military ignored people's livelihood. The state of the economy, the primary goal is still to suppress dissenting voices.