MYANMAR MILITARY COMPLAINS VS ‘AGGRESSIVE’ ANTI-COUP PROTESTERS

Myanmar's military spokesman criticized the anti-military protests being held across the country in the junta's first press conference since seizing power in a coup on Feb. 1.

Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun criticized the demonstrations saying they have become "aggressive and violent." He said the demonstrators in various parts of the country were inciting violence and "illegally pressuring" civil servants to strike, Kyodo News reported.

The lawyer for deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is already facing charges of illegally importing and using radios, said she has been slapped with an additional charge involving violating the Natural Disaster Management Law, local media reported.

While it was previously thought Monday was the deadline for Suu Kyi's court-approved detention for the first formal charge, her lawyer has said she will be remanded until Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if the new charge would extend her detention.

When asked at the press conference about Suu Kyi's condition, the military spokesman confirmed that she "is in good health." Zaw Min Tun added there have been a series of attacks on police authorities in recent days and that a police officer who was assaulted a few days ago had died of his injuries.

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