Formation of 'Myanmar Gwangju Solidarity'... Urging an End to the Massacre

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The 'Gwangju Solidarity for Myanmar Opposing the Myanmar Military Coup and Supporting Democratization' (Myanmar Gwangju Solidarity) expressed support for the people of Myanmar.

Formed on the 11th, the Myanmar Gwangju Solidarity stated in a press release, "We stand with the people of Myanmar."

They said, "Right now in Myanmar, the massacre of Gwangju in May 1980 is being repeated," adding, "More than 70 innocent citizens have been slaughtered by the brutal guns and knives of the Myanmar coup forces, the number of injured is difficult to count, and the number of arrested people has reached 2,000."

They continued, "The Myanmar military committed the atrocity of stealing the body of 19-year-old Chial Shin, who died after being shot by coup forces during an anti-coup protest, in an attempt to hide the massacre," emphasizing, "From targeted shootings against their own citizens, arrests and torture of democratic figures and protest leaders, merciless assaults regardless of age or gender, media control to conceal the truth, to the deployment of special forces, Myanmar in 2021 is a mirror image of Gwangju in May 1980."

They added, "The Myanmar military's attempt to seize power through illegality and violence will never succeed," stressing, "The will of the Myanmar people who have taken up the struggle regardless of death cannot be overcome."

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