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View all search resultsMyanmar defends executions as 'justice for the people'
News of the executions triggered international outrage, with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the European Union and United Nations leading a chorus of condemnation accusing the junta of cruelty.
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M
yanmar's ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as "justice for the people", brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neighbors.
The military, which seized power in a coup last year, announced on Monday it had executed the activists for aiding "terror acts" by a civilian resistance movement, Myanmar's first executions in decades.
Junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun said the men were given due process and insisted those executed were not democracy activists, but killers deserving of their punishment.
"This was justice for the people. These criminals were given the chance to defend themselves," he told a regular televised news briefing.
"I knew it would raise criticism but it was done for justice. It was not personal."
News of the executions triggered international outrage, with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the European Union and United Nations leading a chorus of condemnation accusing the junta of cruelty.
Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbors issued a rare, stinging rebuke of the military on Tuesday, calling the executions "highly reprehensible" and destructive to regional efforts to deescalate the crisis.
