The amendment to the Ward or Village Tract Administration Law, announced late on Saturday on a military-run Facebook page, is the latest in a raft of legislative changes introduced by the army. The former civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained alongside her cabinet, had repealed the requirement, a relic of decades of army rule. Under the amendment, residents face a fine or imprisonment if they do not report guests to local authorities. The Assistance Association for Former Political Prisoners, a Myanmar monitoring group, said at least 384 people have been detained across the country since the coup, mostly in night raids. Residents in major cities have formed patrol groups to defend themselves against the police and common criminals.

Source: bd News24 February 14, 2021 01:52 UTC