{"id":8242,"date":"2021-03-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8242"},"modified":"2023-08-07T07:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:15:43","slug":"myanmars-personalised-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/myanmars-personalised-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar\u2019s personalised politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/andrew-selth\/\">ANDREW SELTH<\/a>\u00a0 | <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone looking at photographs and film footage of events in Myanmar could be forgiven for thinking that the violent confrontation between demonstrators and security forces represents a proxy battle between the ousted State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstrators&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/after-myanmar-s-bloodiest-day-of-protests-aung-suu-kyi-hit-with-more-charges-101614685024898.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carry placards<\/a>&nbsp;depicting the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader. Crowds have staged sit-down protests&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-02-28\/myanmar-cracks-down-on-protests-at-least-18-dead\/13201230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wearing cardboard masks of her face<\/a>. Min Aung Hlaing also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-02-09\/myanmar-coup-threatens-fragile-talks-on-ethnic-conflicts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">features on their placards<\/a>, but his face is disfigured by large crosses. 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