Myanmar's Junta Boss Sworn In Amid Sham Election

0:00It's April 16th. This is Sydney News Today, Local News Powered by AI. Myanmar's military boss, Min Ang Hong, just got sworn in as president last Friday after what everyone calls a total sham election. This comes five years after his 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Ki, who still locked up while he runs the show from behind the bay. Scenes Sean Ternel, her former economic adviser who spent time in one of those junta prisons, got the inside scoop on Min Ang Lang from old classmates. Turns out the guys always been insecure, purging rivals and stacking parliament with loyalists to grab that top spot, no matter the body count. The vote only happened in a third of the country amid a raging civil war, with opposition banned and villages still getting bombed, even right after. Last year's earthquake, analysts like HTTTTTT say it's just military rule in civilian clothes, and if the world stays quiet, it'll look like we're all cool with it.

1:00Now investigators drop word on his family, snagging a 98 million-bottom mansion in Bangkok back in 2022, allegedly dodging, sanctions through shady companies and banks. Groups like Justice for Myanmar are pushing tie authorities to seize it, calling out the corruption funding more violence. Western sanctions hit some cronies, but gaps let the inner circle slip through, especially in Asia where non-interference rules. Experts urged tougher moves like targeting the central bank to starve the Hunta's war machine and back the real people's resistance before this fake. Legitimacy sticks.