BANGKOK -- Myanmar’s military regime said on Wednesday that it will extend a state of emergency for another six months until July 31, the fifth such extension since it ousted the country’s elected government three years ago as rebel ethnic groups gain ground in a renewed offensive.
The decision grants Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of the armed forces, the legal basis to exercise full legislative, executive and judicial powers for another six months and extends the rule of the State Administration Council (SAC), as the regime is known.
