The balloons hovering over Yangon were released by activists, expressing their hope that the elected leaders detained in a military coup d’état would be free again. The New York TimesOn an offshore natural gas platform, workers in orange jumpsuits brandished red ribbons in support of the National League for Democracy. “We passed through life in fear under the military junta but we won’t let it happen to the next generation,” he said. In last November’s elections, the National League for Democracy won an even more decisive mandate. On Thursday, Win Htein, an elder of the National League for Democracy, sat at his home waiting for his arrest.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2021 06:22 UTC