• Isolated yetian bosses can improve legitimacy through traveling in Thailand.
• More than 3,000 deaths from 7.7-magnitude earthquakes CCTV.
• Relief groups say hospitals are overwhelmed and drugs are scarce.
  

State TV said Myanmar’s exclusion leader Min Aung Haing will leave his disaster country on Thursday for a rare regional summit trip as aid groups demand relaxation of restrictions to reach survivors of the devastating earthquake.

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake was one of the strongest hits in a century, shocking an area of ​​28 million people, collapsed buildings, flattened communities and left many without food, water and shelter. China’s state television said the death toll has passed 3,000 and cited official figures.

The military has been working hard to run Myanmar since the 2021 coup returned to power, disappointing the civilian government of elected Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Since taking over and the basic services of Myanmar’s economy and essential services, including health care, the General has been isolated internationally, reducing it to junk as the civil war broke out.

Later Wednesday, the government announced a 20-day unilateral ceasefire on state-owned MRTV, immediately and effectively supporting post-Quake recovery, but warned that if the rebels attacked, it would “according to”.

MRTV Confirmed Min Aung Hlaing will leave Myanmar for the summit of most South Asian countries in Bangkok – an unusual foreign trip and is the subject of many countries’ generals as Pariah, as well as Western sanctions and ICC investigations.

The military government boss was also banned from participating in the top of the Southeast Asian group ASEAN.

Nevertheless, some analysts say the earthquake and this week’s meeting will include leaders from Thailand’s neighbors, India and Bangladesh, may raise the legitimacy of Min Aung Hlaing as he advances with the highly criticized December election, an election that is widely expected to perpetuate military domination.

Aid agencies described mass destruction and medical crisis in central Myanmar on Wednesday, with hospitals overwhelmed, supply shortages and the growing risk of water-borne diseases.

Mohamed Riyas, director of the Myanmar International Rescue Commission, said the humanitarian demand was “shocking”.

“It may be weeks since we learned about the full range of damage caused by this earthquake, as communication network lines were lowered and damaged transport,” he told him. Reuters.

“People need emergency medical care, clean drinking water, tents, food and other essential necessities. It is crucial to provide life-saving health care services.”

MIKHAEL DE SOUZA is the on-site coordinator of MYANMAR medical assistance agency MSF said that in the second largest city of Mandalay, about 500 buildings have completely collapsed and another 800 have been partially destroyed.

“Many people still live in bad situations,” he said. “The lack of water is a problem in terms of immediate survival.”

On the basis of war

Human rights groups accused the junta of slowing down humanitarian efforts by maintaining strict security measures in certain difficult earthquake areas.

In an incident that highlighted the challenges of relief during the Civil War, the military said its troops fired warning guns after the Chinese Red Cross convoy failed to evacuate while traveling in a conflict zone.

Government spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the group did not inform authorities of its travel.

China, one of the first countries to receive Myanmar’s aid, deployed a rescue team the day after the disaster and promised a value of 100 million yuan ($13.76 million).

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jien said the aid team and supply team were safe and called on all parties in Myanmar to ensure the safety of rescue workers and keep the relief route “open and meaningless”.

Despite the disaster in Myanmar over decades, the military is still in war and has carried out air strikes and other attacks near the affected areas, according to rebel groups and Amnesty International.

Min Aung Hlaing said Tuesday that the military stopped the offensive, but the rebels were planning to develop a disaster and prepare for an offensive. On Tuesday, a major rebel coalition announced a unilateral ceasefire to support humanitarian efforts.

Before the military announced a temporary ceasefire, Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur in Myanmar in Wednesday’s X post, said the junta attacks after the earthquake were “outrageous” and “should be condemned in the biggest term for world leaders.”

“Soldiers are everywhere”

It has long been difficult to obtain information from areas such as Sagaing in central Myanmar, as government internet and cell phone blackouts were imposed as part of the conflict, which activists demanded to bring up after the earthquake.

The military rejected international journalists’ demands for a lack of water, electricity and hotels to cover up earthquake damage.

“Soldiers are everywhere in town,” a man who heads to Sagua near the earthquake’s epicenter told Reuters. “They were there for safety, not for rescue. They checked every vehicle.”

New York-based Human Rights Watch urged the junta to allow access to unrestricted humanitarian aid and raised curbs to hinder aid agencies, saying donors should guide aid through independent groups, not just government authorities.

“The military government in Myanmar cannot believe in responding to a disaster of this scale,” HRW Deputy Director of Asia Bryony Lau said in a report.

A woman in Mandalay told Reuters Authorities are setting up a stage for this month’s Thingan Water Festival, although many are homeless and bodies are left behind under collapsed buildings.

In neighbouring Thailand, the fifth day has entered its fifth day as searches work in the ruins of skyscrapers under construction in the capital Bangkok.

Heavy equipment was deployed to break 100 tons of concrete in an attempt to find the first survivor at the foot of the Debris Hill, where 15 people died and 72 were missing.

“The search for survivors is still going on, but we are changing the tactics,” said Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt. “We are bringing a path for the rescue team.”