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The Myanmar military, which overthrew the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, immediately after the military coup tried to withdraw a billion dollars from the United States. US officials froze the accounts, Reuters reported.
The military who carried out the coup in Myanmar on February 4 attempted to withdraw $ 1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States on behalf of the country’s central bank. Reuters writes about this, citing US government sources.
According to journalists, pThe experiment came after the military arrested the head of Myanmar’s central bank and appointed a new governor. The deal was blocked by the US Federal Reserve Bank.
The US Treasury declined to comment on the situation. According to the news agency, the account from which they tried to transfer money has been frozen for an unlimited time.
The United States is preparing additional measures against those responsible for the deaths of peaceful protesters during the protests in Myanmar. About that February 28th said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The military in Myanmar ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government from power on February 1 and detained other leaders of the ruling National League for Democracy Party and members of the government. UN Secretary General António Guterres expressed concern about what happened in Myanmar. He called the coup a hard blow to democratic reforms in the country.
After the coup, protests began in the country. In relation to them, the authorities restricted the work of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and some WhatsApp servers. On February 4, the Myanmar authorities instructed enter Facebook lockdown and its services to “maintain stability” in the country. On February 14, the internet was almost completely shut down.
According to the UN, March 3 became the “bloodiest” in Myanmar. In this day During the dispersal of the protesters, the security forces shot at least 23 people and wounded about 100. Most of the dead have head wounds.
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