Dr Yanghee Lee, the former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, told CNA’s Asia Tonight on Tuesday (Aug 1) the move signals that the military-controlled government, led by junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, is “really out of ideas and really at the end of the rope” in managing the country.
is part of the military junta’s attempt to seek international recognition as the country's legitimate government, said Dr Yanghee Lee, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Myanmar.
Her comments came hours after Ms Aung San Suu Kyi was pardoned on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed a total of 33 years, reducing her jail term by six years. “It’s like a coating, a veneer, so that the international community can recognise them as a legitimate government of Myanmar.”
“I think it's time that the international community really wakes up and sees that what he is doing has been a decades-old trick, and will not get him far enough because he will never have the support of the people,” said Dr Lee.
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