Solidarity needed to halt crisis

BANGKOK POST

VITIT MUNTARBHORN

PROFESSOR OF LAW AT CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY
PUBLISHED : 16 MAR 2021 

The desperate situation in Myanmar calls for concerted international solidarity to counter the Feb 1 coup d'etat and its heinous consequences. To date, scores of people have been killed by junta forces, while several thousands have been detained. The crisis compounds two disquieting situations of a longstanding and multi-faceted nature in the country -- the mistreatment of the Rohingya population (a Muslim community) and the decades-long civil war between the authorities and different ethnic groups.