“The time for talk is over. Governments and the UN need to front-load sanctions against Myanmar's military-controlled companies now to show [Senior General] Min Aung Hlaing and the State Administrative Council junta how bleak their future will be if they continue down this path. When it is conducting operations in the field, the Tatmadaw [Myanmar's military] operates on a scorched earth basis, killing civilians who flee, torturing and murdering men they capture and raping women and girls. Yangon is likely to be the last place where the junta cracks down. Yangon has the embassies, the UN offices, the international journalists, and the heart of the business community centred there.”
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