As more than 100 people died after a crackdown by the security forces on protestors in Myanmar on March 27, India was among the eight cou...
As more than 100 people died after a crackdown by the security forces on protestors in Myanmar on March 27, India was among the eight countries that attended a major military celebration in the country’s capital Naypyidaw on the same day, The Indian Express reported on Monday.
Saturday was Armed Forces Day, a holiday honouring the Tatmadaw, as the military is known. Myanmar’s military had seized power on February 1 by staging a coup. It said that the November 8 elections won by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s party were fraudulent, an accusation dismissed by the country’s election commission. Military leaders have promised to conduct polls again, but have not set a date and have declared a state of emergency. Dozens of people have been killed by security forces in efforts to stop protests against the military takeover of the country.
Myanmar witnessed one of its bloodiest days of protests on March 27 as security forces killed 114 people, including children. Eight countries – Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand – had sent representatives for the Armed Forces Day parade despite the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protestors that day.
Russia was represented by its deputy defence minister, while the other countries sent representatives...
