In this file photo taken on March 14, 2021, a protester holds onto the shirt of a fallen comrade, during a crackdown by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup, in Hlaing Tharyar township in Yangon. Myanmar's junta chief said on August 1, 2021 that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military's initial timeline given when it deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago. The country has been in turmoil since the army ousted the civilian leader in February, launching a bloody crackdown on dissent that has killed more than 900 people according to a local monitoring group. AFP FILE PHOTO
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a "reported massacre" by the military junta, which the ruling army chief denied.
Kyaw Moe Tun sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, saying 40 bodies had been found in Kani township in July in the Sagaing area of northwestern Myanmar.
