Myanmar Army issues arrest warrant against 7 people over social media comments

Myanmar's military is reportedly looking for people, who expressed ir opposition to coup on social media. Army has issued a warrant against seven people for criticising coup on social media and calling for protests. Army, in a Facebook post on Saturday, called on people to provide any information y might have about people listed in post, ding sheltering m or concealing information about m would le to punishment. 

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One of leers listed in Army's post is NLD lobbyist Ei Pencilo, who said that he is proud of arrest warrant issued against him and also challenged military to catch him if y can. Min Ko Naing, a democracy activist has also been named on list. 58-year-old pro-democracy activist first came into prominence in 1988 when he was jailed for his opposition activities against n military junta. This comes as Myanmar marks eighth continuous day of protests against coup. 

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Burmese military overthrew democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, a day before newly-elected members of parliament were scheduled to take oath. military accused Suu Kyi's government of rigging vember elections, in which her party National League for Democracy (NLD) h emerged victor by a landslide. Suu Kyi's party mand to win 396 of 476 parliamentary seats of ones that are t reserved for military. Experts suggest that military feared Suu Kyi, with a larger majority than in 2015, would try and reduce number of parliamentary seats reserved for Army.

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Prior to 2020 election, Suu Kyi h promised to decrease proportion of seats reserved for military. Burmese Army currently controls 25 per cent of parliamentary seats, on which civilian parties cant fight elections. Myanmar is a young democracy, with military ruling country for most part of its independent history. When military finally decided to let go of control following revolution in 2011, it reserved seats for itself in Parliament while drafting Constitution. Suu Kyi decided to challenge rule and change status quo, which experts believe is reason behind coup.  

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