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Business Matters: Myanmar coup leader defends takeover amid mass protests

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09/02/2021 GMT

Myanmar coup leader defends takeover amid mass protests

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Myanmar coup leader defends takeover amid mass protests

Min Aung Hlaing repeated his claims that the recent election had been unfair

The military has begun to impose restrictions in some areas, including curfews and limits to gatherings.

The leader of the coup in Myanmar has made his first TV address, seeking to justify the action amid mass protests. Huge protests were held on Monday for a third straight day, along with a nationwide strike, to oppose the coup. The military has begun to impose restrictions in some areas, including curfews and limits to gatherings. The BBC's Jamie Robertson discusses the situation with Editor Jyoti Malhotra of website The Print, in New Delhi and Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland. Meanwhile, the lure of the Bitcoin has now ensnared Elon Musk. The world's richest man says his company, Tesla, has bought $1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency. And, we explore the curious case of Gibraltar, caught between Spain, the UK, the EU and Brexit. 

(Picture: Protests in Myanmar. Credit: EPA)

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